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Jonathan McCafferty agreed to the Council’s request that he continue as the Society’s President, and all six Officers — Chairman, Treasurer, two Secretaries and two Editors — were confirmed in their posts (photo by Roger Johnson)
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The winner of the Tony & Freda Howlett Literary Award was announced: Revd Simon Smyth, for his article "The Case of the Two Coptic Patriarchs" in the Summer 2019 SHJ (photo courtesy of Simon Smyth)
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The film chosen by Matthew J Elliott was "A Study in Scarlet", released in 1933
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Despite the title, "A Study in Scarlet" bears no similarity to Conan Doyle's novel
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The plot concerns a tontine. It has a little in common with "The Wrong Box" and more in common with "And Then There Were None" - though it predates Agatha Christie's novel
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The principal villain is Thaddeus Merridew (he of abominable memory?), played by Allan Dinehart
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Also impressively villainous is the exotically lovely Mrs Pyke, played by Anna May Wong
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Like all Holmes films before the 1939 "Hound", this one was given a contemporary period setting
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Reginald Owen, though physically too chunky for Holmes, is correctly incisive
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Warburton Gamble does well enough with the small role of Watson, and Alan Mowbray plays Inspector Lastrade (sic). The film is worth a look!