Sherlock Holmes in Pursuit To Algiers
by Roy William Neill
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Actor: Basil Rathbone, Marjorie Riordan, Morton Lowry, Nigel Bruce, Rosalind IvanDirector: Roy William Neill
Brand: MPI
Cinematographer: Paul Ivano
Producer: Roy William Neill
Editor: Saul A. Goodkind
Producer: Howard Benedict
Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer: Leonard Lee
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 65 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Mpi Home Video
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- The master detective Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his faithful cohort Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are back, preserved and digitally restored in 35mm to original condition by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This newly restored version of theic film includes the period war bond tag, studio logo and credits from its original theatrical release. Filled with ominous shadows and interesting c
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Movie Review: Bizarre Fun
Summary: 5 Stars
It's easy to pick at the flaws in PTA, but the virtues are many, perhaps the most important of which is the dress worn by Marjorie Riordan as the pianist drawn to the man she thinks is Dr. Watson's "nephew." Of course I'm talking about the very final dress we see her in, when she's unmasked by gallant, noble Sherlock Holmes, who helps out a lady in distress by demanding to see the leather case she keeps her sheet music in.
Wow, have you checked it out yet? It's hard to describe for a layman, but suffice it to say that it's a dress down which, from the shoulder seam to the bottom of her right breast, Marjorie Riordan sports a big, pop looking arrow as if Roy Lichtenstein had drawn her. It is an astonishing fashion statement for wartime. Down her other shoulder is a similar tripe but one that does not end in an arrow-head, but rather just keeps going out past the edge of the frame; at one shot I thought I saw it end in an arrowhead identical to the first one, but way lower down, say on her thigh. All I'm asking is, how many times do you see women's costumes in the 1940s in which arrows point to different parts of the actress's anatomy? And she's supposed to be a refined pianist and cabaret singer, but she looks like she's ready for Barbarella!
Nothing else in the film is as great as that one gown, but I also liked Martin Kosleck's brave attempt to squelch Holmes by flinging a knife at him through the porthole (I mean, placing his wrist actually in the porthole radius to make his thrust). Where did he learn that maneuver? Ouch! Rosalind Ivan (from SCARLET STREET and ELEPHANT WALK) is her usual faux-Bea Lillie self in the part of an eccentric millionairess, all attitude, fresh air, and oversized monocle seemingly sliced into her eye like a Bunuel-Dali film. And Nigel Bruce, of course, gets to sing "Loch Lomond" in a very appealing barrelhouse baritone. He is adorable, like a teddy bear in evening clothes. The mystery elements of PTA are dull and ordinary, but Roy William Neill pulls one enormous surprise out of his hat at the end, and I for one was floored.
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