What an extraordinary film. You know it reminds me of A Star Is Born. It's great but oh so much greater when it was restored, even when some of it was restored with still pictures.
And please let them restore the private life of Sherlock Holmes. Is there not someone tonight watching who knows Billy Wilder and could get in touch with him and say Billy get to work and have your film restored.
I want to see the complete private life of Sherlock Holmes. Here are three photographs I've been really keen to show you tonight.
First, Robert Stephens on the set, probably at Pinewood, I'm not quite sure but probably at Pinewood, with Adrian Conan Doyle, the son of Arthur Conan Doyle, who of course collaborated with another writer on a series of stories about Sherlock Holmes.
And I believe he was very impressed with the Baker Street sets for the film. In our next shot we have a scene that's not in the film.
I'd love to see this. On the left is George Benson in the role of Inspector Lestrade who's cut right out of the picture.
And the blind man is David Kossoff, wonderful man, superb actor. And this is the scene that they're looking at or the scene in the film in which they appear.
What is going on? What's it all about? Oh, I'd dearly love to see the complete private life of Sherlock Holmes.
So here's hoping, maybe if we all put our thoughts to work, someone will get the brilliant idea that that's the restoration for 1990.
Now, I've told you I'd recommend some books. The first one I'm recommending is a great treasure from my own library.
It's getting difficult to get it now, but if you wanted this, the place to find out is either the Galaxy Bookshop in Sydney or Minotaur Books in Melbourne.
Two of the best shops that I know of for anything to do with movies, supernatural, science fiction and horror. There's the book.
There's the book. Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space, edited by Isaac Asimov and others.
Are you looking at the cover illustration? Is that not rather extraordinary? It's a wonderful book.
There have been so many new Sherlock Holmes stories in the last 10 or 20 years and this one is a collection of short stories that's absolutely amazing.
Now, the publisher according to this is Blue Jay Books. Whether it's still available, I know not. But if you don't try, you'll never know.
So you never know who might know this. Perhaps the Sherlock Holmes Society would know about this one and where it can be obtained.
The second one is going from one extreme to the other in detective fiction, I guess.
We've had Sherlock Holmes and now a new paperback. I got my copy from the Galaxy Bookshop in Sydney. Dick Tracy, The Secret Files.
When Batman came out, a writer put together a collection of new stories about Batman in a similar edition to this one.
And now we have Dick Tracy. Several modern authors writing new stories about Dick Tracy.
I love the cover and I think... Can we have another close-up of the cover, please?
I love that cover and I think you'd find this interesting. But don't get it confused with the paperback that's just a novel version of the screenplay and that's not quite as exciting.
Are you an Agatha Christie devotee? Well, from Pan Books recently I acquired this wonderful book which has been out in hard cover and is now in paperback.
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne. If you're keen on Agatha Christie, this is essential in your library.
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne, published in Australia by Pan Books. Don't miss it.
It's excellent reading, very entertaining and it makes you want to read all the books you've read by her all over again.
Finally, a fourth book tonight. HRF Keating, The Bedside Companion to Crime. Also a publication from Pan Books.
HRF Keating, The Bedside Companion to Crime. Brilliantly illustrated, the text is fascinating and anyone interested in crime or detective fiction will love it.
Well, there we are. More books next time. I've got a couple of things lined up and our movie next week in Great Detectives will be the first of our Charlie Chan's.
Charlie Chan in London with Warner Oland as Charlie Chan and in the cast Raymond Milan. Need I say any more about Raymond Milan?
Well, having said that, I hope you'll join me also tomorrow night on the Golden News of Hollywood or on Saturday night I should say on the Golden News of Hollywood
for Libald Lady with Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, William Powell and Myrna Loy. It's a wonderful movie and I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
And don't forget next week, same time, same channel, four Great Detectives with Charlie Chan in London. Good night.
I think you'll be laughing yourself silly tonight beginning at 8.30 on Channel 10.
Is it true that you're suing for a million pounds?
You're not suggesting a frame.
Now here's the plan.
The things I do for that newspaper.
Libald Lady, you'll love it.
You want me to kill myself?
Did you change your insurance?
With Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, William Powell and Myrna Loy.
Oh, come on now. You mustn't fight.
Why not? We're married.
I'm looking forward to your company.
Tonight, 8.30 on Channel 10. Bill Collins presents Libald Lady.
Shot down in enemy territory.
We're down to scratch 21. Get going further.
What he knows could change the course of the war.
And I've got to find him.
Mission, find this man before the enemy does.
It's got to be today, God damn it.
Gene Hackman of Battalion 21.
Listen, bird dog, you've got to get me out of here.
Danny Glover. He's got 24 hours to find his man.
All I want to do is bring the old man back.
Sunday, 8.30 on Channel 10. The true story of Bat 21.
He's one of the 90s sexiest stars.
What are you looking for?
The sensational Richard Gere is looking for his pretty woman.
Control yourself, baby.
And he'll leave you breathless.
Who the hell do you think you are?
In a story of love and honor.
No, man, you ain't nothing special. You treat women like whores.
Deborah Winger.
I know exactly what I don't want.
And Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr.
You ready to quit now, mayo?
Monday, 8.30 on Channel 10. An Officer and a Gentleman.
Not bad out here, eh? It's all right.
Mind you, we earned it.
Oh, yeah, I reckon. Yeah.
No, I mean, we us, the human race, earned it.
Why do you think we are the dominant species on this planet?
Uh, brains?
Yeah. You see, we humans were the first to get out of the primeval swamp.
Yeah. I mean, look at your fish.
They just give up. Yeah.
They could have grown legs.
They could have grown legs and crawled out onto the land like we did.
But what did they do?
Chucked in the towel, mate.
They just turned around and entered straight back into the swamp.
Couldn't keep up with us humans. We're too smart for them.
That's why we're on this end of the fishing line.
And they're on that end of the fishing line.
Too smart for them.
Any bites?
Not as yet.
I'm sorry.
There's some great weekend viewing ahead here on Channel 10.
We hope you can join us.
Until then, all of us here at the station would like to wish you a very good night.
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