Chaplin’s final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian’s effort to help a despondent Read More »
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The Corn Is Green (1945) Irving Rapper, Bette Davis, John Dall, Nigel Bruce
Schoolteacher Lilly Moffat is dismayed by conditions in a Welsh mining town. Read More »
The Blue Bird (1940) Walter Lang, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper’s children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past Read More »
Dressed to Kill (1946) Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison
Sherlock Holmes is intrigued when Dr. Watson’s friend, Julian ‘Stinky’ Emery Read More »
Terror by Night (1946) Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray
Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by Carstairs’ mother, Lady Margaret. Read More »
The Woman in Green (1945) Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke
Holmes and Watson investigate a series of bizarre and apparently unconnected murders, and the death of a possible suspect. Read More »
The Pearl of Death (1944) Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey
When a pearl with a sinister reputation for causing misfortune to its owners is stolen from a museum Read More »
The Scarlet Claw (1944) Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer
While attending a conference in Quebec City, Sherlock Holmes and his good friend Read More »
The Spider Woman (1943) Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard
Sherlock Holmes takes on a case that the press has dubbed the pajama suicides. Read More »
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. Read More »
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Lord
Sherlock Holmes is engaged by the Home Office to locate a British subject traveling for his law firm to Washington, D.C. Read More »
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill
Working for the British government, Sherlock Holmes manages to spirit Dr. Franz Tobel out of Switzerland Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) Alfred L. Werker, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino
Professor Moriarity has a scheme for stealing the crown jewels from the Tower of London. Read More »
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Sidney Lanfield, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene
On his uncle’s death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad Read More »
Thunder in the City (1937) Marion Gering, Edward G. Robinson, Nigel Bruce, Constance Collier
Dan comes to England to learn more sedate business practices. Read More »