Alistair Duncan's Blog, page 75
October 18, 2012
Sherlock Holmes (Barrymore) meets Moriarty (DVD excerpt)
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William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes
Part 1 Part 2
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Sir Arthur's interview
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous interview where he reluctantly talks about Sherlock Holmes in order to discuss spiritualism.
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For more information on Arthur Conan Doyle and his time at Undershaw please refer to my book, An Entirely New Country which is available through all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Classic Specialities, and in all electronic formats including iTunes, Kobo, Nook and Kindle .
October 17, 2012
Amusing Basil Rathbone advert
An advert made featuring Basil Rathbone for Prudential
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October 14, 2012
Ross K reviews An Entirely New Country
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October 11, 2012
The Sleeping Cardinal
Arthur Wontner's outing (of five) as Sherlock Holmes
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You say Le-strayed, I say Le-strared
One of those relatively trivial things that has been known to have Sherlockians staring angrily at one another is the pronunciation of Lestrade.
Now you would think that the last word on the subject would be that of the author. We have it on impeccable authority from Arthur Conan Doyle's youngest daughter (the late Dame Jean) that he pronounced it Le-strayed.
Le-strayed and Le-strared aka Colin Jeavons and Dennis Hoey
Now you would think this would settle the debate. Far from it. I personally acknowledge that Le-strayed is correct but I admit to preferring Le-strared. In this I am not alone. For me, I just think that the latter pronunciation sounds more businesslike, more like a policeman.
Sir Arthur's sons Dennis and Adrian were alive in the 1940s and handled the negotiations with Universal for the Rathbone films. One presumes that they also knew how their father pronounced the name yet either they recalled it differently from their sister or they simply didn't consider it important enough to worry about with the result that the studio went its own way. Curiously the name was pronounced differently again by Arthur Wontner in his films of the early 1930s. It was closer to Le-strayed but he spoke it slightly more abruptly as if he were saying Le-stred.
Leaving pronunciation aside, the name is interesting. A glance at Ancestry.co.uk suggests that the name Lestrade did not really feature in the UK before 1900. All mention of the name in the 1800s appears to be in the United States and France - with most in the former. Once the name does start to appear in the UK it seems to be concentrated around London - which would perhaps make sense for a Scotland Yard detective.
One is compelled to wonder where Conan Doyle first came across the name. I wonder if the answer is already in a book somewhere?
Eliminate the Impossible is available from all good bookstores, in many formats worldwide including Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iBooks for the iPad/iPhone.
For more information on Arthur Conan Doyle and his time at Undershaw please refer to my book, An Entirely New Country which is available through all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Classic Specialities, and in all electronic formats including iTunes, Kobo, Nook and Kindle .
Now you would think that the last word on the subject would be that of the author. We have it on impeccable authority from Arthur Conan Doyle's youngest daughter (the late Dame Jean) that he pronounced it Le-strayed.
Le-strayed and Le-strared aka Colin Jeavons and Dennis HoeyNow you would think this would settle the debate. Far from it. I personally acknowledge that Le-strayed is correct but I admit to preferring Le-strared. In this I am not alone. For me, I just think that the latter pronunciation sounds more businesslike, more like a policeman.
Sir Arthur's sons Dennis and Adrian were alive in the 1940s and handled the negotiations with Universal for the Rathbone films. One presumes that they also knew how their father pronounced the name yet either they recalled it differently from their sister or they simply didn't consider it important enough to worry about with the result that the studio went its own way. Curiously the name was pronounced differently again by Arthur Wontner in his films of the early 1930s. It was closer to Le-strayed but he spoke it slightly more abruptly as if he were saying Le-stred.
Leaving pronunciation aside, the name is interesting. A glance at Ancestry.co.uk suggests that the name Lestrade did not really feature in the UK before 1900. All mention of the name in the 1800s appears to be in the United States and France - with most in the former. Once the name does start to appear in the UK it seems to be concentrated around London - which would perhaps make sense for a Scotland Yard detective.
One is compelled to wonder where Conan Doyle first came across the name. I wonder if the answer is already in a book somewhere?
Eliminate the Impossible is available from all good bookstores, in many formats worldwide including Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iBooks for the iPad/iPhone.
For more information on Arthur Conan Doyle and his time at Undershaw please refer to my book, An Entirely New Country which is available through all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Classic Specialities, and in all electronic formats including iTunes, Kobo, Nook and Kindle .
October 10, 2012
Don’t ignore Arthur
There are some people like me who love Sherlock Holmes and are very interested in his creator. Then there are others for whom Conan Doyle is, at most, the literary agent and they have no interest in him beyond that.
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) so much more than an agentThe latter group need to think on this simple fact. The people who believed in Holmes and regarded Conan Doyle as little more than a Holmes writing machine caused, in no small part, Sherlock Holmes’s death.
It was the public’s obsession with Holmes and the constant demand for new stories that led to Conan Doyle feeling suffocated and frustrated. These feelings directly led to the decision to send Holmes to Reichenbach.
Fortunately Conan Doyle resurrected Holmes and did not kill him again prior to his own death. This means that Holmes can never die but this does not, in my opinion, free people of an obligation to show respect to Conan Doyle (and perhaps attempt to learn a little about him) and not be so quick to dismiss or relegate him to little more than a supporting role.
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A new experience
Yesterday evening I attended my first SHSL Council Meeting at the Guildhall in London.
Impressive isn't it?
I think I tried about three different entrances before I found the correct one. I cannot discuss proceedings of course but it was a good experience and I look forward to those that follow between now and 2015 when I have to stand down.
Eliminate the Impossible is available from all good bookstores, in many formats worldwide including Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iBooks for the iPad/iPhone.
For more information on Arthur Conan Doyle and his time at Undershaw please refer to my book, An Entirely New Country which is available through all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Classic Specialities, and in all electronic formats including iTunes, Kobo, Nook and Kindle .
Impressive isn't it?I think I tried about three different entrances before I found the correct one. I cannot discuss proceedings of course but it was a good experience and I look forward to those that follow between now and 2015 when I have to stand down.
Eliminate the Impossible is available from all good bookstores, in many formats worldwide including Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iBooks for the iPad/iPhone.
For more information on Arthur Conan Doyle and his time at Undershaw please refer to my book, An Entirely New Country which is available through all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Classic Specialities, and in all electronic formats including iTunes, Kobo, Nook and Kindle .
October 9, 2012
UTV report on SHSL Swiss Pilgrimage
The blog below offers another report on the experience of travelling with the SHSL Pilgrims in Switzerland.
http://www.u.tv/blogs/David-Gordon/Swiss-Sherlock/6af97ece-2c87-4297-83b1-2a3051931cdf
Eliminate the Impossible is available from all good bookstores, in many formats worldwide including Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iBooks for the iPad/iPhone.
For more information on Arthur Conan Doyle and his time at Undershaw please refer to my book, An Entirely New Country which is available through all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Classic Specialities, and in all electronic formats including iTunes, Kobo, Nook and Kindle .
