The Missing Rembrandt

1932 film

H. Fowler Mear
Cyril Twyford
Arthur Conan Doyle (character of Sherlock Holmes)

Produced byJulius HagenStarring

Arthur Wontner
Jane Welsh
Miles Mander

Cinematography

Sydney Blythe
Basil Emmott

Edited byJack HarrisDistributed byTwickenham Studios

Release dates

February 1932 (1932-02) (UK)
25 March 1932 (1932-03-25) (US)

Running time

84 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Missing Rembrandt is a 1932 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner, Jane Welsh, Miles Mander, and Francis L. Sullivan.^[1] It is considered a lost film.^[2]^[3] The film was loosely based on the 1904 Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" by Arthur Conan Doyle.^[4]

It is the second film in the 1931–1937 film series starring Wontner as Sherlock Holmes.^[4]

Plot

Sherlock Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.

Cast

Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes
Jane Welsh as Lady Violet Lamsden
Miles Mander as Claude Holford
Francis L. Sullivan as Baron von Guntermann
Ian Fleming as Doctor Watson
Dino Galvani as Carlo Ravelli
Philip Hewland as Inspector Lestrade
Minnie Rayner as Mrs Hudson
Herbert Lomas as Manning

Reception

The New York Times reviewer wrote that, though it is "slightly changed as to action and entirely as to title, provides both excitement and laughter" and "brings back a number of screen actors who by this time seem to be perfectly at home in their parts."^[5]

References

^ "The Missing Rembrandt". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
^ "The Missing Rembrandt".
^ McMullen, Kieran (11 October 2012). The Many Watsons. Andrews UK Limited. p. 89. ISBN 9781780923048.
^ ^a ^b Barnes, Alan (2011). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Titan Books. pp. 119–121. ISBN 9780857687760.
^ B.W.N. (28 March 1932). "Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes Again". The New York Times.

External links

The Missing Rembrandt at IMDb

Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes

Theatrical films

Silent

Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
Éclair film series (1912–1913)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
Detektiv Braun (1914)
A Study in Scarlet (1914 British film)
A Study in Scarlet (1914 US film)
The Valley of Fear (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)

Stoll series	The Dying Detective (1921) The Devil's Foot (1921) The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921) The Sign of Four (1923)

Wontner series

The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
The Sign of Four (1932)
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
Silver Blaze (1937)

Rathbone–Bruce
series

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Voice of Terror (1942)
Secret Weapon (1942)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1943)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)

Downey series

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
A Game of Shadows (2011)

Other films

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
The Limejuice Mystery (1930)
The Speckled Band (1931)
Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
Sherlock Holmes (1932)
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)
The Grey Lady (1937)
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
Deduce, You Say! (1956)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Deadly Necklace (1962)
A Study in Terror (1965)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Murder by Decree (1979)
The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Without a Clue (1988)
Zero Effect (1998)
A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
Mr. Holmes (2015)
The Empire of Corpses (2015)
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
Holmes & Watson (2018)
Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape (2019)

Television/
streaming/
direct-to-video

Films

Ian Richardson	The Sign of Four (1983) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
Peter O'Toole (animated)	Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983)
Vasily Livanov series	Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) The Treasures of Agra (1983) The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)
Christopher Lee	The Leading Lady (1991) Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
Matt Frewer	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000) The Sign of Four (2001) The Royal Scandal (2001) The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
Ian Hart (as Watson)	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) The Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
Other films	The Three Garridebs (1937) The Man Who Disappeared (1951) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972) The Longing of Sherlock Holmes (1972) Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery (1974) The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976) Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) Silver Blaze (1977) The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) The Masks of Death (1984) The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) Hands of a Murderer (1990) The Crucifer of Blood (1991) 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993) The Hound of London (1993) Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002) Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007) Sherlock Holmes (2010) Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)

Television series

Sherlock Holmes (1951)
Sherlock Holmes (1954)
Sherlock Holmes (1965–1968)
Sherlock Holmes (1967–1968)
Sherlock Holmes (1968)
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979–1980)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)
The Baker Street Boys (1983)
Sherlock Hound (1984–1985)
Sherlock Holmes (1984–1994)
- episodes
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)
Sherlock (2010–2017)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (2010–2016)
Aria the Scarlet Ammo (2011)
Elementary (2012–2019)
Sherlock Holmes (2013)
Sherlock Holmes (2014–2015)
Miss Sherlock (2018)
Sherlock: Untold Stories (2019)
Case File nº221: Kabukicho (2019–2020)
Moriarty the Patriot (2020–2021)
Sherlock in Russia (2020)
The Irregulars (2021)
Sherlock & Daughter (2025; upcoming)

Actors by role

v t e The films of Leslie S. Hiscott
Feature films	The Marriage Business (1927) The Passing of Mr. Quin (1928) S.O.S. (1928) Ringing the Changes (1929) The Feather (1929) At the Villa Rose (1930) The House of the Arrow (1930) Call of the Sea (1930) The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) Alibi (1931) Brown Sugar (1931) A Night in Montmartre (1931) Black Coffee (1931) The Missing Rembrandt (1932) Murder at Covent Garden (1932) The Crooked Lady (1932) Once Bitten (1932) Double Dealing (1932) A Safe Proposition (1932) When London Sleeps (1932) A Tight Corner (1932) The Face at the Window (1932) The Iron Stair (1933) Yes, Madam (1933) The Melody-Maker (1933) That's My Wife (1933) Cleaning Up (1933) The Stickpin (1933) Great Stuff (1933) His Grace Gives Notice (1933) Strike It Rich (1933) Marooned (1933) The Stolen Necklace (1933) Out of the Past (1933) I'll Stick to You (1933) Flat Number Three (1934) Keep It Quiet (1934) The Man I Want (1934) Passing Shadows (1934) Gay Love (1934) Crazy People (1934) The Big Splash (1935) The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) Annie, Leave the Room! (1935) Three Witnesses (1935) Inside the Room (1935) Department Store (1935) Death on the Set (1935) A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935) She Shall Have Music (1935) Fame (1936) The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936) Millions (1936) Fine Feathers (1937) Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940) The Seventh Survivor (1942) Sabotage at Sea (1942) Lady from Lisbon (1942) The Butler's Dilemma (1943) Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) The Time of His Life (1955) Tons of Trouble (1956)
Short films	Raising the Wind (1925) A Friend of Cupid (1925) A Fowl Proceeding (1925) Cats (1925) Billets (1925) Ship's Concert (1937)

The films of Leslie S. Hiscott

Feature films