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Poll: What’s Your Favorite Robert Downey, Jr. Performance?
He’s been active in Hollywood for over three decades, but which of Robert Downey Jr.’s iconic performances is your favorite? Here’s a place to have your say!
Read more →Dennis Hoey: A Closer Inspection
You may remember him as Inspector Lestrade, always a step behind Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes in the 1940s. Guest writer Constance Metzinger goes beyond the badge to examine the life and career of British character actor Dennis Hoey.
Read more →Who’s Your Favorite Movie/TV Sherlock Holmes?
In case you missed it, January 6th was Sherlock Holmes’ birthday. To salute the great detective, this week’s poll wants to know which actor–Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Benedict Cumberbatch, and more– is your top movie/TV Holmes.
Read more →Sherlock Holmes (1922): The Great Profile’s Great Detective
Based on a popular stage play, the 1922 whodunit Sherlock Holmes featured screen heartthrob John Barrymore in the title role. Guest writer Fritzi Kramer offers her take on the Great Profile’s turn as Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detective.
Read more →Billy Wilder and Jack the Ripper Take on Sherlock Holmes
The 1970s were book-ended by two intriguing cinematic looks at Sherlock Holmes. Rick29 dusts off his deerstalker and examines the curious cases of 1970’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, from director Billy Wilder, and 1979’s Murder by Decree, starring Christopher Plummer as the sleuth.
Read more →My Dear Watsons
It is, perhaps, appropriate that the friend and confidante of the world’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, should–like the man whose exploits he chronicled–also be the subject of several mysteries surrounding his personal life. Was Dr. John H. Watson born in England or, as…
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