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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]

The Missing Rembrandt
Directed by	Leslie S. Hiscott
Written by	H. Fowler Mear Cyril Twyford Arthur Conan Doyle (character of Sherlock Holmes)
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Starring	Arthur Wontner Jane Welsh Miles Mander
Cinematography	Sydney Blythe Basil Emmott
Edited by	Jack Harris
Distributed by	Twickenham Studios
Release dates	February 1932 (1932-02) (UK) 25 March 1932 (1932-03-25) (US)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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]

See also

• List of lost films

References

External links

• The Missing Rembrandt at IMDb

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