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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

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Dear Brownish33,
You prefer Lionel Atwill as Professor Moriarty.
To Better Days,
BRAD

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TCM just aired the movie.

Henry Daniell was excellent - as usual.

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DITTO

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I have watch most the Basil Rathbones movies again recently and I Have to say that I think Lionel Atwill is the the best Moriarty I have seen

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While liking Henry Daniell and Lionel Atwill both as Moriarty, to my mind there is no-one to touch Eric Porters portrayal in the Brett episode "The Final Solution". You're almost afraid to look at him, so powerful is he. If you haven't seen it, please do.

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...also one of the gr.Holmes episodes ever !

-haunting-

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I agree wholesheartedly with yout assessment of Eric Porter's acting, he presence in the Granada The Final Solution. He was monstrous, terrifying. As I knew the ending, the mere sight of him was heartbreaking: truly, this Moriarty was, on the side of evil, the equal of Holmes, on the side of good.

Their fight had me nearly jumping out of my seat, and I was already an old movie (and Sherlock Holmes) hand. Still, I was struck by how emotional I was near the end of this entry in the series, damn close to tears over the prospect of SH's demise.

As to the feature film Sherlock Holmes series, the Rathbone-Bruce one, Henry Daniell's Moriarty is surely up there. Atwill was good but not at his best. He worked far better with Rathbone as Inspector Krogh in Son Of Frankenstein. My favorite of the Rathone Moriartys is easily George Zucco in The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes. In his quiet, soft-spoken, near feline way he was almost (but not quite) as formidable as Eric Porter was decades later. But nobody in my oponion can top Porter's Moriarty. Cant's be done.

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My favorite by far has always been George Zucco, especially in those few scenes he had with his butler ("You've murdered a flower!"). Zucco's Moriarty actually had an interesting personality and a dangerous temper, whereas the other Moriarties were mostly just pale plot devices/generic bad guys with a bit of fan service.

Daniell in particular just didn't do it for me. I thought his performance was bland in a way that made him barely stand out amongst all the other side characters. He also kept going back to that weird, sulky expression that made him look like a stubborn little boy who didn't get his way. I actually liked this movie a lot, but Daniell didn't really contribute much to this enjoyment.

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Daniell is ok-wonderful voice...

but,Zucco is jus'more menacing & convincing.

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Daniell gets my vote. Awesome evilness in every villian role he played.

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Zucco was a terrific Moriarity;

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That scene at Baker Street is really good as Moriarty and Holmes trade superior remarks. I would even say that Moriarty wins that bout. But for the best Henry Daniell villainous role I would recommend his William Easter in 'Sherlock Holmes in Washington.'

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