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England's secret weapon: the wartime films of Sherlock Holmes

By Doyle , Arthur Conan;Holmes , Sherlock;Field , Amanda J

Book information

Publisher
Andrews UK - Academic;Andrews UK Limited
Year
2012
ISBN
9780957112827, 0957112823, 9780957112834, 0957112831
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
4 MB (4516672 bytes)
Edition
3rd edition
Pages
illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

England's Secret Weapon explores the way Hollywood used Sherlock Holmes in a series of fourteen films spanning the years of World War II in Europe, from The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1939 to Dressed to Kill in 1946. Basil Rathbone's portrayal of Holmes has influenced every actor who has since played him on film, TV, stage and radio, yet the film series has, until now, been neglected in terms of detailed critical analysis. The book looks at the films themselves in combination with their historical context and examines how the studio 'updated' Holmes and recruited him to fight the Nazis, steering a careful course between modernising the detective and making sure he was still recognisable as the 'old Holmes' in clothes, locations and behaviour.

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