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England's Secret Weapon
Amanda Field
其他書名
The Wartime Films of Sherlock Holmes
出版Andrews UK Limited, 2012-07-19
主題Performing Arts / Film / History & CriticismHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Mystery & Detective
ISBN09571128239780957112827
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=V761BAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋England's Secret Weapon explores the way Hollywood used Sherlock Holmes in a series of fourteen films spanning the years of World War II in Europe, from The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1939 to Dressed to Kill in 1946. Basil Rathbone's portrayal of Holmes has influenced every actor who has since played him on film, TV, stage and radio, yet the film series has, until now, been neglected in terms of detailed critical analysis. The book looks at the films themselves in combination with their historical context and examines how the studio ‘updated' Holmes and recruited him to fight the Nazis, steering a careful course between modernising the detective and making sure he was still recognisable as the ‘old Holmes’ in clothes, locations and behaviour.