The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

1935 British mystery film

H. Fowler Mear
Cyril Twyford

Based onValley of Fear
by Arthur Conan DoyleProduced byJulius Hagen (producer)Starring

Arthur Wontner
Lyn Harding
Leslie Perrins

CinematographyWilliam LuffEdited by

Jack Harris
Ralph Kemplen

Music byW.L. TrytelDistributed byOlympic Pictures

Release date

1935

Running time

84 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner. It was based on the 1915 Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle.^[1]

It is a Flamingo Films production and the fourth film in the 1931–1937 film series starring Wontner as Sherlock Holmes.^[2] It is in the public domain.

Plot

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson come out of retirement to investigate a mysterious murder. They find that an American criminal organisation called The Scowrers has asked evil mastermind Professor Moriarty to wreak vengeance on John Douglas, the informant who sent them to prison. Holmes outsmarts Moriarty, solves the murder and brings Moriarty to justice.

Like all the films featuring Wontner as Holmes, this one has a contemporary 1930s setting, making the flashback sequence pitting undercover detective Douglas against the Scowrers somewhat problematical since, historically, the real-life incident on which this sequence is based, Pinkerton operative James McParland's infiltration of the Molly Maguires, occurred in the 1870s, a full half-century earlier.

Cast

Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes
Lyn Harding as Professor Moriarty
Leslie Perrins as John Douglas
Jane Carr as Ettie Douglas
Ian Fleming as Dr. Watson
Charles Mortimer as Inspector Lestrade
Minnie Rayner as Mrs. Hudson
Michael Shepley as Cecil Barker
Ben Welden as Ted Balding
Roy Emerton as Boss McGinty
Conway Dixon as Ames
Wilfrid Caithness as Col. Sebastian Moran
Edmund D'Alby as Capt. Marvin
Ernest Lynds as Jacob Shafter

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote, "a mellow, evenly paced British film that renders to Holmes what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would have rendered to him: Interest, respect and affection...Mr. Wontner decorates a calabash pipe with commendable skill, contributing a splendid portrait of fiction's first detective. Lyn Harding is capital as Moriarty and Roy Emerton, Leslie Perrins, Ian Fleming and Michael Shepley perform competently."^[3]

References

^ "The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012.
^ Barnes, Alan (2011). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Titan Books. pp. 292–293. ISBN 9780857687760.
^ "Movie Review - The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes - At the Criterion. - NYTimes.com". The New York Times.

External links

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes at IMDb
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes at AllMovie
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes at the TCM Movie Database

Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes

Theatrical films

Silent

Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
Éclair film series (1912–1913)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
Detektiv Braun (1914)
A Study in Scarlet (1914 British film)
A Study in Scarlet (1914 US film)
The Valley of Fear (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)

Stoll series	The Dying Detective (1921) The Devil's Foot (1921) The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921) The Sign of Four (1923)

Wontner series

The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
The Sign of Four (1932)
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
Silver Blaze (1937)

Rathbone–Bruce
series

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Voice of Terror (1942)
Secret Weapon (1942)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1943)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)

Downey series

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
A Game of Shadows (2011)

Other films

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
The Limejuice Mystery (1930)
The Speckled Band (1931)
Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
Sherlock Holmes (1932)
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)
The Grey Lady (1937)
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
Deduce, You Say! (1956)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Deadly Necklace (1962)
A Study in Terror (1965)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Murder by Decree (1979)
The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Without a Clue (1988)
Zero Effect (1998)
A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
Mr. Holmes (2015)
The Empire of Corpses (2015)
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
Holmes & Watson (2018)
Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape (2019)

Television/
Streaming/
Direct-to-video

Films

Ian Richardson	The Sign of Four (1983) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
Peter O'Toole (animated)	Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983)
Vasily Livanov series	Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) The Treasures of Agra (1983) The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)
Christopher Lee	The Leading Lady (1991) Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
Matt Frewer	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000) The Sign of Four (2001) The Royal Scandal (2001) The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
Ian Hart (as Watson)	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) The Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
Other films	The Three Garridebs (1937) The Man Who Disappeared (1951) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972) The Longing of Sherlock Holmes (1972) Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery (1974) The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976) Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) Silver Blaze (1977) The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) The Masks of Death (1984) The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) Hands of a Murderer (1990) The Crucifer of Blood (1991) 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993) The Hound of London (1993) Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002) Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007) Sherlock Holmes (2010) Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)

Television series

Sherlock Holmes (1951)
Sherlock Holmes (1954)
Sherlock Holmes (1965–1968)
Sherlock Holmes (1967–1968)
Sherlock Holmes (1968)
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979–1980)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)
The Baker Street Boys (1983)
Sherlock Hound (1984–1985)
Sherlock Holmes (1984–1994)
- episodes
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)
Sherlock (2010–2017)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (2010–2016)
Aria the Scarlet Ammo (2011)
Elementary (2012–2019)
Sherlock Holmes (2013)
Sherlock Holmes (2014–2015)
Miss Sherlock (2018)
Sherlock: Untold Stories (2019)
Case File nº221: Kabukicho (2019–2020)
Moriarty the Patriot (2020–2021)
Sherlock in Russia (2020)
The Irregulars (2021)

Actors by role

v t e The films of Leslie S. Hiscott
Feature Films The Marriage Business (1927) The Passing of Mr. Quin (1928) S.O.S. (1928) Ringing the Changes (1929) The Feather (1929) At the Villa Rose (1930) The House of the Arrow (1930) Call of the Sea (1930) The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) Alibi (1931) Brown Sugar (1931) A Night in Montmartre (1931) Black Coffee (1931) The Missing Rembrandt (1932) Murder at Covent Garden (1932) The Crooked Lady (1932) Once Bitten (1932) Double Dealing (1932) A Safe Proposition (1932) When London Sleeps (1932) A Tight Corner (1932) The Face at the Window (1932) The Iron Stair (1933) Yes, Madam (1933) The Melody-Maker (1933) That's My Wife (1933) Cleaning Up (1933) The Stickpin (1933) Great Stuff (1933) His Grace Gives Notice (1933) Strike It Rich (1933) Marooned (1933) The Stolen Necklace (1933) Out of the Past (1933) I'll Stick to You (1933) Flat Number Three (1934) Keep It Quiet (1934) The Man I Want (1934) Passing Shadows (1934) Gay Love (1934) Crazy People (1934) The Big Splash (1935) The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) Annie, Leave the Room! (1935) Three Witnesses (1935) Inside the Room (1935) Department Store (1935) Death on the Set (1935) A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935) She Shall Have Music (1935) Fame (1936) The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936) Millions (1936) Fine Feathers (1937) Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940) The Seventh Survivor (1942) Sabotage at Sea (1942) Lady from Lisbon (1942) The Butler's Dilemma (1943) Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) The Time of His Life (1955) Tons of Trouble (1956)
Short Films Raising the Wind (1925) A Friend of Cupid (1925) A Fowl Proceeding (1925) Cats (1925) Billets (1925) Ship's Concert (1937)

The films of Leslie S. Hiscott

Feature Films