TV Guide (December 18, 1954)

Page scan 00067 from TV Guide

Record Details:

Title:
TV Guide
Date:
December 18, 1954
Publisher:
Philadelphia: Triangle Publications, Inc.
Volume:
TV Guide - Chicago (December 18, 1954)
Leaf #:
00067
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
August 28, 2022
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Not So Elementary, My Dear Watson There's game afoot: Holmes & Co. get set for chase. Dr. Watson is at the right. Leslie Howard’s Son Portrays Sherlock Who Makes Mistakes “All the difference between chalk and cheese,” is the way Ronald Howard describes his interpretation of the role of Sherlock Holmes, as com¬ pared with earlier versions. A slender, blond man of 36, who bears a disturbing resemblance to his late actor-father, Leslie Howard, Ron¬ ald now is finishing the last of 39 tele¬ vision films based on the Conan Doyle stories. The set is located in a newly built studio at Epinay-sur-Seine, about five miles east of Paris; the producer is youthful Sheldon Rey¬ nolds, famous for his Foreign Intrigue. “Of course, it’s up to the spectator to decide who is the chalk and who is the cheese,” Howard added hastily. “I mean no harm to some excellent actors; I simply wish to point out that Holmes, in my portrayal, and in the text from which I work, is vastly different from the others.” According to Howard, Holmes is not an infallible, eagle-eyed, out-of-the- ordinary personality, but an excep¬ tionally sincere young man trying to get ahead in his profession. Where Basil Rathbone’s Holmes was nerv¬ ous and high-strung, Howard says, “Mine has a more ascetic quality, is deliberate, very definitely unbohe¬ mian, and is underplayed for reality.” 20