The Missing Rembrandt

The Missing Rembrandt is a 1932 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner, Jane Welsh, Miles Mander, and Francis L. Sullivan.[1] It is considered a lost film.[2][3] The film was loosely based on the 1904 Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" by Arthur Conan Doyle.[4]

The Missing Rembrandt
Directed byLeslie S. Hiscott
Produced byJulius Hagen
Written byH. Fowler Mear
Cyril Twyford
Arthur Conan Doyle (character of Sherlock Holmes)
StarringArthur Wontner
Jane Welsh
Miles Mander
CinematographySydney Blythe
Basil Emmott
Edited byJack Harris
Distributed byTwickenham Studios
Release date
  • February 1932 (1932-02) (UK)

  • 25 March 1932 (1932-03-25) (US)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It is the second film in the 1931–1937 film series starring Wontner as Sherlock Holmes.[4]

Plot

Sherlock Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.

Cast

Reception

The New York Times reviewer wrote that, though it is "slightly changed as to action and entirely as to title, provides both excitement and laughter" and "brings back a number of screen actors who by this time seem to be perfectly at home in their parts."[5]

See also

References
  1. "The Missing Rembrandt". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. "The Missing Rembrandt".
  3. McMullen, Kieran (11 October 2012). The Many Watsons. Andrews UK Limited. p. 89. ISBN 9781780923048.
  4. Barnes, Alan (2011). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Titan Books. pp. 119–121. ISBN 9780857687760.
  5. B.W.N. (28 March 1932). "Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes Again". The New York Times.


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