This movie was really fun. The story and mystery were clear and easy to follow, yet it keeps you guessing the whole time. It was fast moving and never got dull.
Other great things: a great sense of humor. There were several laugh-out-loud lines. Some but not all of the humor came from Nigel Bruce's goofy portrayal of Watson. Sure, it would have been nice if Watson was made a little more serious in these movies, but not all his humor comes from him being a bumbler. Sometimes he is a sardonic and sarcastic observer of that which is happening around him.
Also, keep an eye out for a shot of Union Station in Washington, the old, since-demolished Pennsylvania Station in New York, and an aerial view of early 1940's Manhattan.
I can't help but wondering about when Senator Babcock says, "I knew a Grayson. He was murdered." Is this a Batman reference? Robin the Boy Wonder, Dick Grayson, was introduced in the comics in 1940, a couple of years before this movie came out, and like his mentor Batman, he became a crimefighter after his parents were murdered. Maybe Robin's father is the murdered Grayson that the senator knew? It is fun to think that the writer of this movie wanted to say that the comic book Batman and Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes occurred in the same universe.
Other great things: a great sense of humor. There were several laugh-out-loud lines. Some but not all of the humor came from Nigel Bruce's goofy portrayal of Watson. Sure, it would have been nice if Watson was made a little more serious in these movies, but not all his humor comes from him being a bumbler. Sometimes he is a sardonic and sarcastic observer of that which is happening around him.
Also, keep an eye out for a shot of Union Station in Washington, the old, since-demolished Pennsylvania Station in New York, and an aerial view of early 1940's Manhattan.
I can't help but wondering about when Senator Babcock says, "I knew a Grayson. He was murdered." Is this a Batman reference? Robin the Boy Wonder, Dick Grayson, was introduced in the comics in 1940, a couple of years before this movie came out, and like his mentor Batman, he became a crimefighter after his parents were murdered. Maybe Robin's father is the murdered Grayson that the senator knew? It is fun to think that the writer of this movie wanted to say that the comic book Batman and Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes occurred in the same universe.