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Re: For BBC Sherlock fans
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2013, 08:29:35 pm »
Quote from: kitty on December 28, 2013, 09:46:00 pm
January 1st for us in the UK  8)

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Re: For BBC Sherlock fans
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2014, 11:59:47 pm »
I am informed that my daughter has downloaded a copy of the new series opener, but I intend to stay the course and wait until the US season opener in a couple of weeks. Do you think I can do it?
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Re: For BBC Sherlock fans
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2014, 09:41:31 pm »
One more day to go! The show starts at a weird time, I'm told. Two minutes before the hour.
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Re: For BBC Sherlock fans
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2014, 09:04:38 pm »
Last night I attended a Sherlock Holmes birthday party and a movie was shown starring this man. Anybody know who he is?
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Re: For BBC Sherlock fans
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2014, 09:18:29 pm »
I see you posted the quiz here, as well as on your blog.  So, my guess is still The Thin Man himself, William Powell.
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Re: For BBC Sherlock fans
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2014, 09:42:18 pm »
Good guess, Paul! But . . . NO! Here is a photo of William Powell in a similar pose. (Although he is in the movie I saw last night!)

More guesses, please!!
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Re: For BBC Sherlock fans
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2014, 09:48:07 pm »
Oh, it's John Barrymore!

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Re: For BBC Sherlock fans
« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2014, 09:50:35 pm »
Correct, friend Paul! It's amazing how little known John Barrymore is these days! Back in his heyday, he was called "The Great Profile". I'm not sure I would like having that nickname. He starred in the first full-length movie of Sherlock Holmes back in 1922.
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Re: For BBC Sherlock fans
« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2014, 10:19:33 pm »
The Great Profile!  I found this of a very young John B.  So, how was the film, besides silent?

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Re: For BBC Sherlock fans
« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2014, 10:28:04 pm »
Wonderful photo, Paul! I'm amazed at the way his shirt and jacket envelope him and set off his magnificent head!

I thought the film was entrancing, but a lot of it had to do with the rich blacks and grays and the way the actors made up for the lack of dialogue with their piercing gazes and postures. I'm told this film is viewable on Turner Classic Movies. It's worth a look! Also, Hedda Gabler is in it, as well as William Powell.
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