 The Ring 1927  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Carl Brisson, Ian Hunter, Gordon Harker, Tom Helmore, Lillian Hall-Davies, Harry Terry, Billy Wells, Forrester Harvey, Charles Farrel, Clare Greet, Minnie Rayner, Brandy Walker
Boxer Bob Corby (Ian Hunter) hires Jack Sander (Carl Brisson) as his sparring partner because he is in love with Jack's wife (Lillian Hall Davies) and wants to be close to her. Soon, Bob and Jack's wife run away together, and Jack begins training in earnest. Now, the two competing boxers vie not only for TKOs in the ring but also for the love of the same woman. Hitchcock's genius brings this standard story to a higher level.
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Silver Blaze 1937  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
aka: Murder at the Baskervilles
Director: Thomas Bentley
Cast: Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, John Turnbull, Lawrence Grossmith, Robert Horton, Arthur Macrae, Judy Gunn, Arthur Goullet, Ralph Truman, Martin Walker, Eve Gray, Gilbert Davis, Minnie Rayner, D.J. Williams
Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner in his last portrayal of Holmes) and Dr. Watson (Ian Fleming) visit the Baskervilles 20 years after the first adventure there. Baskerville's (Lawrence Grossmith) race horse, Silver Blaze, has been stolen and the groom murdered. Holmes and Watson aid Inspector Lestrade (John Trumbull) in uncovering the fact that Holmes' old nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Lyn Harding), is behind the crimes, and now Holmes is determined to find Moriarty and Silver Blaze before the next race.
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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes 1935 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott
Cast: Arthur Wontner, Lyn Harding, Ian Fleming, Leslie Perrins, Jane(2) Carr, Charles Mortimer, Minnie Rayner, Michael Shepley, Ben Welden, Roy Emerton, Conway Dixon, Edmund D'Alby, Ernest Lynds, Wilfrid Caithness
This, the fourth in a series of five films with Arthur Wontner in the role of Sherlock Holmes, is a good adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, "The Valley of Fear." As Sherlock begins his retirement, he is visited by his old nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Lyn Harding), who warns Sherlock not to come out of retirement. But when a former agent is killed under mysterious circumstances, our master sleuth becomes involved.
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| 1. The Ring (1927)
2. Silver Blaze (1937)
aka: Murder at the Baskervilles
3. The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
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