SHERLOCK HOLMES

Evening Star, Issue 22379, 1 July 1936, Page 3

SHERLOCK HOLMES

FAMOUS CHARACTER FOR STATE Thrilling entertainment is promised by the film to have its first Dunedin presentation at (he State on Friday, ‘ The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes.’ The central character of this picture is one of the most celebrated figures in detective literature, and he is brought to the screen in a story full of baffling mystery and excitement. Based on one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels, the film has a most ingenious plot. A man is murdered in a sinister-looking castle, and the official detective, Inspector Lestrade. another of the author’s best-known characters, appeals to Sherlock Holmes for assistance. Holmes is considering retiring, but cannot resist this last opportune of using hiS remarkable talents, and is responsible for the solution of the mystery, which is particularly neat. In doing this, he and his assistant, Dr Watson, come in contact with 1 their arch enemy, Professor Moriarty. The film is safd to be extremely dramatic and the acting impressive. The leading roles are taken by Charles Wontner, as Sherlock Holmes, lan Fleming as Dr Watson, Lyn Harding, Leslie Perrins, and Charles Mortimer.