Ep.88 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Eyes of Mr. Leyton

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Sherlock Holmes, fictional character created by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The prototype for the modern mastermind detective, Holmes first appeared in Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet, published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. As the world’s first and only “consulting detective,” he pursued criminals throughout Victorian and Edwardian London, the south of England, and continental Europe. From 1939 to 1946, Basil Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes with his friend Nigel Bruce o...

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery Radio. I'm your host, Stevie K.
0:23.4	And it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear. For today's episode, I bring you
0:28.3	Sherlock Holmes, episode titled The Eyes of Mr. Layton, originally aired September 24th,
0:35.1	1945, where Holmes tries to prevent a murder in an opium den.
0:40.2	This one has a nice introduction speaking more about the actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
0:45.4	that I found interesting.
0:47.5	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:53.2	Thank you for listening.
1:03.2	In the eyes of Mr. Leighton, the story fairly drips with atmosphere,
1:08.4	especially with Dr. Watson's vivid descriptions of the foul alleyways and dark and dangerous smoke-filled opium dens of Lymehouse.
1:12.8	It is some of the best of dramatic radio's way with the listener's imagination.
1:18.8	Basil Rathbone has always been underestimated as a fine character actor.
1:23.0	Although he was more than happy to be a leading man in films and on the stage,
1:27.9	it is such disguised characters as those he portrays in the eyes of Mr. Leighton
1:33.4	that gave people a chance to see his true range as an actor.
1:38.2	It was Rathbone's intense desire to stretch his acting ability in other areas that made him decide to leave the series
1:47.1	much to the dismay of Nigel Bruce. A Nigel Bruce was extremely easygoing and a great
1:54.1	fun-loving prankster quite beloved by all who knew him. He adapted easily to any role he played and especially loved the part of Dr. Watson,
2:04.4	even though he himself knew that the good doctor was not at all like the person he portrayed
2:09.1	in the Sherlock Holmes films or the radio series.
2:13.2	It doesn't seem to matter, for Bruce's interpretation of Dr. Watson has been accepted and embraced by the public.
2:21.2	It's interesting to note that Rathbone, by his very nature, was not unlike Sherlock Holmes.
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