SHERLOCK HOLMES MONTH

During May, we celebrate the most famous detective in history, ‘Sherlock Holmes’, with four films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. They starred in fourteen US films (two for 20th Century Fox and a dozen for Universal Pictures from 1939 to 1946).

Tuesday, May 8—“The Woman in Green” (1945) When several women are murdered and their forefingers severed, Holmes and Watson are called into action. The film is not credited as an adaptation of any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes tales, but several of its scenes are taken from "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House." This is the 11th film of the Rathbone/Bruce series - (66 minutes). The evening includes an interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the film “A Study In Scarlet”

Tuesday, May 15—“Dressed To Kill” (1946)

Three cheap musical boxes (each one playing a subtly different version of "The Swagman") are manufactured in Dartmoor Prison and sold at a local auction house. However, a criminal gang is determined to steal and recover all three, even if it means committing murder. This is the last of fourteen films. (76 minutes)

Tuesday, May 22—“Terror By Night” (1946)

In London, a young woman verifies that a carpenter has completed a coffin for her recently deceased mother's body, which she is transporting to Scotland by train. She boards the train that evening, as do Lady Margaret Carstairs who owns, and is transporting, the famous Star of Rhodesia diamond and where it is stolen and her son killed - (60 minutes)

Tuesday, May 29—“The Secret Weapon” (1943)

Set in the 1940s, the film involves Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson fighting to stop their nemesis Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill), from acquiring an experimental

bomb sight intended to aid the war effort. As with all evenings, additional cartoons, shorts and other films are included - (80 minutes)

The films start at 7:00pm each Tuesday Admission is $7.00