5) Sherlock Holmes in Washington (Universal)
Opened at Chicago on Saturday, April 24, 1943, at the RKO Palace, as the bottom-half of a double-bill which featured Abbott and Costello in "It Aint Hay; Review: Chicago Tribune-- "Members of the old guard, who are for Sherlock Holmes as he was created, needle and all, aren't caring for the present day screen episodes woven around Arthur Conan Doyle's picturesque character . . . I like them--albeit I suspect Basil Rathbone, especially in this number, of tongue-in-the-cheekery, and Nigel Bruce of aiding and abetting as Dr. Watson in like manner. , , loved the two of them and enjoyed the whole picture, not minding in the least being spoofed as I feel reasonably certain was the case. . . . As for the rest in the audience they gave every sign of being vastly entertained by S. Holmes, Doc Watson, and what goes with 'em." [Sun. May 1, '43]
