Oct 5, 2011
It's not very often that one has an opportunity to speak with
someone who has a direct connection to a legend. In this case, Burt
and Scott spoke with Michael Hoey, the son of Dennis Hoey
-Inspector Lestrade to Basil Rathone's Sherlock Holmes.
Michael Hoey is the author of
Sherlock Holmes & the Fabulous Faces - The Universal Pictures
Repertory Company (affiliate
link). In this fascinating book, Mr. Hoey focuses not on Rathbone
and Bruce, but rather on the 68 men and women in supporting roles
in the 12 Sherlock Holmes films that Universal Pictures produced in
the early 1940s.
Join us as a very special guest introduces Mr. Hoey, as Hoey
reminisces about his visits to the sets of Universal, recounts many
bits of trivia about the Universal series that we all know and
love, and reveals some little-known gems.
Mr. Hoey will be appearing at From Gillette to Brett
III in Indianapolis in November. There's still time to
register - and if you click through to the link above to buy his
book, you might be able to get it signed by Mr. Hoey himself.
We wrap up the show with a reading of the Editor’s Gas-Lamp
from a 1956 issue of The Baker Street
Journal, Vol. 6, No.1 covering "Fictional Characters."