Woman in Green (1945)

"Woman in Green (1945) ... Sherlock Holmes ... 20th Century Fox (2005)"

20th Century Fox present "WOMAN IN GREEN" (1945/68 mins) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- now in COLOR and Glorious Black and White --- Under Roy William Neill (Director / Producer Bertram Millhauser (Screenwriter), Virgil E. Miller (Cinematographer), Mark Levant (Musical Direction/Supervision), Hans Salter (Composer (Music Score),Edward A. Curtiss (Editor), John B. Goodman (Art Director), Martin Obzina (Art Director), Russell A. Gausman (Set Designer), Ted Von Hemert (Set Designer),Vera West (Costume Designer), Glenn E. Anderson (Sound/Sound Designer), Bernard B. Brown (Sound/Sound Designer), John P. Fulton (Special Effects), Melville Shyer (First Assistant Director) - - - - - - the story line and plot, Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce return once again to the roles for which they were most famous -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's celebrated detective Sherlock Holmes and his trusty companion Dr. Watson --- Rathbone & Bruce always give an outstanding performance, perfectly portraying Holmes' superior intelligence and Watson's amiable bumbling --- Holmes films is the occasional vivid characterization provided by very fine supporting players --- watch for Henry Daniell, whose silky voice and air of sinister sophistication could be so valuable in a mystery drama --- this is the first time he would play the Napoleon of Crime -- Professor Moriarty --- Daniell's scenes with Rathbone are almost over the top --- now enters the lovely Hillary Brooke never loses her icy cool, her best moment comes as she calmly utilizes her hypnotic prowess over Holmes --- and Mary Gordon returns as Mrs. Hudson --- Based on Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Empty House" --- "The Woman in Green" has most of the features that Holmes fans look for, and it should not disappoint them.

the cast includes:
Basil Rathbone - Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce - Dr. John H. Watson
Hillary Brooke - Lydia Marlow
Henry Daniell - Prof. Moriarty
Paul Cavanagh - Sir George Fenwick
Matthew Boulton - Inspector Gregson
Eve Amber - Maude Fenwick
Frederic Worlock - Onslow
Tom Bryson - Williams
Sally Shepherd - Crandon
Mary Gordon - Mrs. Hudson
Harold de Becker - Shabby man
Tommy Hughes - Newsman
Billy Bevan - Street Peddler
Percival Vivian - Dr. Simnell
Olaf Hytten - Norris

BIOS
1. Basil Rathbone (aka: Philip St. John Basil Rathbone)
Date of Birth: 13 June 1892 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Date of Death: 21 July 1967 - New York, New York

2. Nigel Bruce (aka: William Nigel Ernle Bruce)
Date of Birth: 4 February 1895 - Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Date of Death: 8 October 1953 - Santa Monica, California

3. Roy William Neill (aka: Roland de Gostrie) (Director)
Date of Birth: 4 September 1887, (ship off Ireland)
Date of Death: 14 December 1946 - London, England, UK

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887 --- He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle --- A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning and astute observation to solve difficult cases --- He is arguably the most famous fictional detective ever created, and is one of the best known and most universally recognisable literary characters in any genre.

Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes --- All but four stories are narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, two are narrated by Holmes himself, and two others are written in the third person --- The first two stories, short novels, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890 --- The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialised novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930 --- The stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in 1914. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Rathbone is most widely recognized for his starring role as Sherlock Holmes in fourteen movies between 1939 and 1946, all of which co-starred Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson --- The first two films, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (both 1939) were set in the late-Victorian times of the original stories --- Both of these were made by Twentieth Century Fox, later installments, made at Universal Studios, beginning with Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942), were set in contemporary times, and some had World War II-related plots --- Rathbone and Bruce also reprised their film roles in a radio series, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 - 1946) --- (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Legend Films can restore, colorize and release many of the classic earliest black and white films --- a patented coloring and remastering process makes each film picture perfect plus more vivd than ever --- no one can resist collecting every title that Legend Films releases.

Hats off and thanks to Barry B. Sandrew Ph.D. (Founder, COO & CTO) and his Legend Films Staff --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage era of the '20s, '30s & '40s --- order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Legend Films where they are experts in releasing long forgotten films and treasures to the collector.

Total Time: 68 mins on DVD ~ 20th Century Fox. ~ (4/19/2005) August 23, 2007

Yet another wonderful Legend Films movie:)

This is a wonderful Sherlock Holmes movie with both black and white or colorized version available on dvd. I personally prefer the wonderful colorized version but both are excellent quality as are all of the movies put out by Legend Films. They are second to none!!!!! March 5, 2007

You can see the green!

Some purists insists these old classics be kept black and white as filmed. I can understand that, and, in theory, agree, but I found the quality of this colorized version of The Woman in Green remarkable! If I wasn't already aware of the movie I would think it had been filmed in color! I think it adds to the viewing experience, making the characters more life-like and believeable. It helps bring the menance of the mutilated London murder victims, oddly missing a finger, seem even more subtle, yet immediately menacing and you can still enjoy the original version also on this disk if your prefer. Highly recommended. February 11, 2007

Why the title change on the box?

I don't know why they had the title- "Prelude To Murder" on the box of the disc I obtained, seeing that the films actual title is THE WOMAN IN GREEN. But, I guess they have since remedied this. I know that some people actually detest Colorization of old black and white films. Now, that they offer the option (like on this disc), of watching this fine Sherlock Holmes movie, with "THE" representation of the great fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone, either in Black and White, or Colorized; it should satisfy everyone who enjoys these movies and this series. January 10, 2007

Another colourised hit for Holmes!

I've seen bad jobs done with colourising-but not these Rathbone Holmes films.
The colour is exceptionally well done-faultless I'd say.
The original black and white version on included on the disc-so there's really nothing for anyone to complain about.
I rigged up my players so I could watch one colourised edition alongside the MPI restored versions, and there was nothing to say against the colourised versions.
Throw away your reservations, and buy these incredible discs-I'm quite sure all the cast and crew involved in the making of these films would have approved of the job that's been done on them. (as I've said elsewhere-it's not been set in stone-you can watch the b & w version included on the disc!) March 11, 2006

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