Sherlock Holmes - A study in scarlet DVD 1933 / Directed by Edwin L. Marin / Starring: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde

UPC 787364507498

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD (Black & White)

AUDIO: English mono

TOTAL RUNTIME: 77 MINUTES

English Summary:

A Study in Scarlet is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes and Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke. The title comes from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel of the same name, the first in the Holmes series, but the screenplay by Robert Florey was original.

Despite her billing, Anna May Wong only appears on screen for less than ten minutes. Reginald Owen had played Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes the previous year; Owen was one of only five actors to play both Holmes and Watson (Jeremy Brett played Watson on stage in the United States prior to adopting the mantle of Holmes on British television, and Howard Marion-Crawford played Holmes on British radio and Watson on American television; Carleton Hobbs played both roles in British radio adaptations; while Patrick Macnee played both roles in US television movies.

Cast:

• Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes
• Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke
• June Clyde as Eileen Forrester
• Alan Dinehart as Thaddeus Merrydew
• John Warburton as John Stanford
• Alan Mowbray as Lestrade
• Warburton Gamble as Dr. Watson
• J. M. Kerrigan as Jabez Wilson
• Wyndham Standing as Captain Pyke
• Billy Bevan as Will Swallow
• Leila Bennett as Daffy Dolly
• Halliwell Hobbes as Malcolm Dearing
• Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Murphy
• Hobart Cavanaugh as Thompson (uncredited)
• Olaf Hytten as Merrydew's Butler (uncredited)