Violet Merville is determined to marry the man she loves, who Holmes knows has already murdered one wife.Violet Merville is determined to marry the man she loves, who Holmes knows has already murdered one wife.Violet Merville is determined to marry the man she loves, who Holmes knows has already murdered one wife.
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- TriviaRepeated references are made to "oil of vitriol." This is the old name for sulfuric acid, in this case thrown in the faces of women to disfigure them.
- GoofsIn one scene, Baron Gruner is listening to a recording of a baritone singing the "Madamina" aria from Mozart's "Don Giovanni", and the singer is backed by a full orchestra. Such recordings were impossible to make in the nineteenth century, when the story takes place. Until the advent of electrical recording (i.e., using microphones) in 1925, singers and instrumentalists had to stand around a large horn to make recordings, and the use of a large orchestra would have distorted the sound. Special "chamber music" arrangements had to be made of orchestral pieces to prevent distortion and overload. Recordings were made on wax cylinders then, not discs, and the quality of sound was far worse than demonstrated in this episode.
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[first lines]
Baron Gruner: Oh. Oh, my dear. My dearest. I warned you; I said, "Do not go too near the edge."
Baroness Gruner: Why did you push me, Baron?
Baron Gruner: My dear wife... you, you're dreaming.
Baroness Gruner: No. Dying. Dying.
Baron Gruner: Oh, my darling.
- ConnectionsVersion of Sherlock Holmes: The Illustrious Client (1965)
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A personal favorite
Baron Grunner (Anthony Valentine), an Austrian Nobleman who had murdered his first wife and plans on doing the same to his soon to be new wife and Holmes is called on by special request of "an illustrious client" to intercede on it. This episode is one of my personal favorites from the long-running Granada Television series. While there is no mystery or much deduction, it has rather intense drama to it. Baron Grunner makes for a Holmes villain equal to that of Professor Moriarty or Charles Augustus Milverton. One of the most dramatic scenes is when Holmes gets beaten up by his goons. The ending is shocking yet satisfying and Jeremy Brett's performance in particular is excellent. Highly Recommended.
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- ericksonsam60
- Apr 1, 2012
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