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Sherlock Holmes: Scarlet Claw
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788605239
Format: Black & White, Original recording remastered, NTSC
ISBN: 0788605232
Label: Mpi Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Release Date: November 25, 2003
Running Time: 74 minutes
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 26, 1944
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Editorial Review:
Here is another strong entry (beautifully restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive) from the peak of Basil Rathbone's prolific, seven-year run as a definitive Sherlock Holmes for the big screen. The Scarlet Claw (1944) is an original screenplay with elements loosely inspired by Doyle's "The Adventure of the Dancing Men." A skeptical Holmes and Watson (Nigel Bruce) attend a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society in Canada, but are soon looking into a killing spree attributed to a fanciful marsh monster. Fantastic events are soon supplanted by an even stranger horror concerning a master actor bent on revenge. --Tom Keogh
THE SCARLET CLAW Digitally Restored in 35mm 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 the classic film includes the period war bond tag, studio logo and credits from its original theatrical release. Filled with ominous shadows and interesting camera angles, the visual beauty of the film in 35mm is stunning. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson journey to Canada to attend a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society in Quebec. Before long, they find themselves investigating a series of gruesome murders that the locals attribute to the legendary phantom marsh monster of La Morte Rouge. But Holmes suspects a master of disguise is the real killer, who might be anyone in the village. He contrives a clever trap and courageously sets himself up to be the killer's next victim. Packaging and design ©2003 MPI Home Video. WARNING: For domestic use only. Any unauthorized copying, hiring or lending for public performance of the digital videodisc is illegal. The supplemental information included on this DVD was compiled by MPI Home Video and is not part of the original program. Printed in USA. ©1942, 1969 King World Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Not my personal favorite but still superb
First, I want to point out that THIS is the copy of this film that you want. It's been re-worked by the UCLA film lab and was digitized from a very pristine black and white 35 mm print. All other copies are inferior to this one. The aspect is full-screen.
As to the story, it takes place in a small Canadian Hamlet where an aristocrat's wife has been murdered. She had tried to contact Sherlock Holmes by letter of her impending demise, but alas, too late!!! However, Holmes and Dr. Watson ... Read More
Rating:  - Perhaps The Best Title In the Rathbone-Bruce Series
Universal's Sherlock Holmes series brought the characters into the 20th Century. Many of the were related to World War II, stories in which Holmes went in pursuit of spies and counterspies; others tried to mimic the original Arthur Conan Doyle stories with a presentation of mental puzzles. Although generally well executed, seldom did any of the titles rise above the level of "B Pictures"--but on the rare occasions that they did, they did so with a vengence, and THE SCARLET CLAW is such a case. Directed ... Read More
Rating: - A Ghostly Killer? Or a Rational Explanation?
A ghost is seen in a swampy area, and numerous people confirm the sighting of this obviously-luminous ghost. Bodies of sheep and humans are found nearby. Each has the same, distinctive throat wound. Sherlock Holmes does not believe in ghosts. But how is he to find out what exactly this "ghostly" killer is? He fearlessly goes alone into the swampy area at night to encounter and examine this "ghost". Shivers!
Later, the clues begin to pile up: A fragment of rarely-made clothing gets torn ... Read More
Rating: - sherlock holmes - the scarlet claw
Very pleased with product. Haven't seen this episode in a while, very enjoyable.
Rating: - The Scarlet Claw
An excellent film but I would say that as I think Basil Rathbone was a brilliant Sherlock Holmes.
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