Sherlock Holmes Tom Conway
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This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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470630 - The Adventure Of The Innocent Murderess is messed up
nokneesOTRguy
I enjoyed these Tom Conway episodes. He sounds somewhat like Basil Rathbone. The only negative aspect of the series, aside from several annoying Holmes - Watson interactions, is the blaring horn ensemble. The organ in the Rathbone series fostered calm transitions to and from the commercials. Episode 470630 abruptly cuts off shortly after ten minutes, and a large chunk of The Speckled Band is inserted until time runs out. Hopefully the person who uploaded the Conway series has a means of correcting this error.
Conway is amazing
smbhax
Basil Rathbone remains *the* Sherlock Holmes for me, but then he does have the advantage of having looked and played the part to a T on the silver screen as well as on the radio. I thought no one could ever rival his embodiment of the role, so I approached this post-Rathbone series with apprehension. But Conway is amazing. He does Rathbone's Holmes perfectly--all the diction and command is there, and yet his voice is very subtly slightly more melodic and easier on the ears. But he can also take Holmes' voice in new yet thoroughly convincing directions: his performance as an immobilized, weak and desperate Holmes in "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" had me transfixed; here the bedridden Holmes is nothing but a voice, a thin, sometimes frantic voice so different than Sherlock's usual calm self-assurance--and even more mesmerizing. Fantastic. "Dying Detective" is one of the increasingly numerous direct adaptations of a Conan Doyle short story in this series, rather than a "new" adventure--and the "new" ones feel increasingly formulaic: take some inventive story mechanic from one of the Conan Doyle stories and insert it into a drawing room mystery complete with an engaged young couple, a rich relative with one foot in the grave, etc (mind you, Conan Doyle did a few of those himself). Or do another Moriarty oh he's so crazy and murdery bit of nonsense. It feels as though the writers were beginning to run out of steam. Fortunately Nigel Bruce's unique Watson is more lovable than ever, the ideal storyteller who can make just about anything listenable.
Conway is a decent successor to Rathbone's Holmes
holmessuspense22
I agree with those who say that Tom Conway is a good radio Holmes even though he is not Rathbone. But after listening to some more of these episodes with Nigel Bruce I find that the Conway-Bruce series is almost like the Rathbone-Bruce years due to Green and Boucher staying on as the writers and continue to create some baffling and entertaining cases such as the Sally Martin, the Persecuted Millionaire, the Strange Death of Mrs. Abernetty, the Island of Death, the Ancient Egyptian Curse, the Elusive Emerald and the Adventure of Black Angus among others. Also the various supoorting radio actors also appeared on the Rathbone-Bruce series like Fredric Worlock as Lestrade, Mary Gordon as Mrs. Hudson, among others. Now I will admit that the blaring horn music intro is loud and kind of annoying. I much prefer the organ music from the previous 1945-1946 years. So Tom Conway is not exactly Basil Rathbone he is good due to Nigel Bruce's performance as Watson before he left the show and the series returned to the MBS.
The Music Sucks but the Stories are Great
Ryncewynd
Never having heard the Tom Conway "Holmes" adventures; it was a bit of a revelation to find them here...thoroughly enjoyable apart from the glaring brass instrumentation; very strange not to hear a plug for Blue Coal or Petrie Wines as in the Rathbone era. As a previous reviewer highlighted; Nigel Bruce' Watson isn't quite the buffoon of the movies or the Rathbone stories and all the better for it.
Not Basil but Tom not bad.
qrper
Not everyone cares for Tom Conway as Holmes but I found his Sherlock not bad at all. Nigel Bruce comes off as a more intellegent Watson...and gets top billing. All in all, a very satisfactory Holmes and Watson series.
no one can be rathbone
degemike
I also enjoyed Tom Conway as Sherlock Holmes. He tends to make a number of small mistakes when reciting his dialogue, but these shows were enjoyable. I wish I could understand why he was replaced with John Stanley
Good Holmes
safpsy
Enjoyable series. It does not have Rathbone, but it does have better production values than the Rathbone-Bruce series. Conway and Rathbone have very similar sounding voices.
Great Stuff
Darcy
Very enjoyable take on Sherlock Holmes watson is Hilarious well worth your time 5star's