Henry Daniell Is The Greatest Professor Moriarity
With his only portrayal of the "Napoleon Of Crime",Henry Daniell proves that he is the Best portrayer of the Evil Professor Moriarty.
In The Woman In Green,Daniell's Moriarty is every bit the equal of Basil Rathbone's typically masterful performance of Sherlock Holmes.
When either of these two Great actors are on the screen then this movie reaches
new heights.When Rathbone and Daniell share a memorable scene at Baker Street,
one can't take their eyes off of their scene of verbal jousting
between the Screen's Greatest Portrayer of Sherlock Holmes and The Greatest
Portrayer of Professor Moriarty.Some have said that Henry Daniell looks exactly like Professor Moriarty as drawn in The Strand Magazine.....he doesn't.
Professor Moriarty is drawn in The Strand as an older,balding man whose face is very thin.Henry Daniell has a full head of hair and his face is rather
jowly,but he is tall and thin.
Mr.Daniell gives such an Excellent performance that he makes his rendition of Moriarty the defining portrayal for the silver screen.
Even Basil Rathbone praised Daniell's performance as being the best Moriarty of all time..... how ironic that he would play the part only once in his film career.
To Better Days,
BRAD