tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post5303215671593838375..comments2024-03-08T18:49:51.289-05:00Comments on Classic Film and TV Café: Holmes on a Train in "Terror By Night"Rick29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-21738488039323798082017-10-25T16:39:20.216-04:002017-10-25T16:39:20.216-04:00I, too, love the confined setting of a train for m...I, too, love the confined setting of a train for mystery and suspense. Thanks for highlighting "Terror by Night" and encouraging others to seek it out, Rick!toto2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09652682900471649463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-86238826196477699402017-10-12T20:31:42.346-04:002017-10-12T20:31:42.346-04:00Yes, all of the Universal Holmes movies are short ...Yes, all of the Universal Holmes movies are short programmers, but I think that works to their advantage. My favorite (by far) is THE SCARLET CLAW.Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-85097047927431847782017-10-08T02:09:23.757-04:002017-10-08T02:09:23.757-04:00There is something compelling about trains. I'...There is something compelling about trains. I've probably only been on a train a couple times in my life, and one of those doesn't count because I was a baby and therefore too young to remember, but sometimes I find myself wishing I had an excuse to ride one. The Lady Vanishes is a movie I really like, too. That may actually be why I picked Terror by Night to be the first of Rathbone's Holmes movies I deliberately sat down to watch. rocketdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574717380856957685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-24926635249847415652017-10-07T23:32:30.828-04:002017-10-07T23:32:30.828-04:00Yes, it's hard to resist a good train film...e...Yes, it's hard to resist a good train film...especially a mystery-themed one. But what makes Terror by Night a little bit weaker than the other Sherlock Holmes films is the lack of a variety of locations. I think it feels too confined. "The Lady Vanishes" had more setting changes, and that's what made that film less "stagebound". Still, I'd take a Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes film over any other film on a chilly autumn evening!The Metzinger Sistershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-70163154065609191692017-10-06T07:48:41.321-04:002017-10-06T07:48:41.321-04:00I agree with you re: movies on trains. I always fi...I agree with you re: movies on trains. I always find them captivating.<br /><br />As for Rathbone and Bruce, they're captivating in their own way, too. I'll be sure to catch this one the next time it comes around.Silver Screeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955048716754142299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-91179877248569154032017-10-06T04:52:11.968-04:002017-10-06T04:52:11.968-04:00I actually watched this movie for the first time t...I actually watched this movie for the first time this past February. The fourth season of Sherlock had just ended with a nice little nod to Basil Rathbone and it made me consider the fact that despite having been a big Sherlock Holmes fan most of my life, I'd been remiss in never having watched any of the Rathbone films (except for part of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes which I caught on TCM once). <br /><br />While I enjoyed it, I wasn’t expecting Terror by Night to be so short; it was almost like watching an episode of a TV show rather than a movie. I just went back to check my notes to see what other thoughts I might have had on the movie, but I mainly ended up going off on a tangent about Sherlock's fourth season, which I thought had problems (like forgetting that Sherlock Holmes is supposed to solve mysteries), but I couldn’t help rolling my eyes at the people whose biggest complaint was that Holmes and Watson didn’t get together romantically. I mean, I’m pro-LGBT, but someone insisting that a work of fiction has to conform to their wishful thinking is very impertinent. If Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman looked like Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, I doubt so many people would have been insisting they had to be made a couple. Well, there I go rambling again.<br /><br />A couple Christmasses ago, my sister gave me this Sherlock Holmes DVD set (dubiously titled "Best of Sherlock Holmes Collection") which includes, among some obscure looking titles, a handful of the Rathbone movies; I should probably finally set aside the time to watch a few more of them. rocketdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574717380856957685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-31812736715386347202017-10-05T09:18:05.849-04:002017-10-05T09:18:05.849-04:00There's something about a mystery on a train, ...There's something about a mystery on a train, and when Holmes is involved you can't help but take it to your heart. The heart is not a film critic.<br /><br />Besides, any movie with Skelton Knaggs automatically gets my thumbs up!<br /><br />Thanks for writing about this favourite that is perfect for the coming autumn evenings.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com