Episode Details

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES ⭐ "THE SUBMERGED BARONET" Starring Tom Conway & Nigel Bruce For 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 📅 Broadcast Date

April 6, 1947 (Kraft Foods / Mutual Broadcasting System)

✍️ Writer

Dennis Green & Anthony Boucher The legendary writing duo behind many of the finest New Adventures episodes—known for clever plotting, strong atmosphere, and a deep respect for Doyle's canon.

🎭 Cast

• Tom Conway — Sherlock Holmes

• Nigel Bruce — Dr. John H. Watson

• Joseph Kearns — Supporting roles (various)

• Gwen Delano / Betty Lou Gerson — Featured female roles (depending on episode rotation)

• Harry Bartell — Announcer

• Dean Fosler — Music Director

• Elliott Lewis — Often featured in villain or character roles during this period

(Cast lists for these episodes varied slightly week to week, but Conway, Bruce, Bartell, and Fosler were constants.)

📘 Episode Summary

A titled gentleman—Sir Timothy Mallory, a baronet of impeccable reputation—vanishes under mysterious circumstances. His abandoned motorcar is found near a flooded quarry, and Scotland Yard fears the worst: suicide or accident.

Holmes, however, is unconvinced.

A strange waterlogged dispatch case, a pair of boots that do not match the baronet's size, and a cryptic note referencing an old family scandal lead Holmes and Watson into a mystery involving:

• A forged identity

• A submerged crime scene

• A long‑buried inheritance dispute

• And a villain who uses water as both weapon and disguise

Holmes ultimately reveals that the "submerged baronet" is neither dead nor missing—but hiding behind a carefully engineered deception meant to frame an innocent relative and seize control of the Mallory estate.

📝 Production Notes & Commentary

• This episode is a classic example of the Conway era's atmospheric mysteries, often involving isolated locations, aristocratic intrigue, and elaborate misdirection.

• The flooded quarry setting allowed the writers to create a moody, cinematic soundscape, with Fosler's orchestra and the sound effects team delivering some of the best water‑based Foley work of the series.

• Conway's Holmes is cool, analytical, and slightly more urbane than Rathbone's—perfect for stories involving aristocratic deception.

• Nigel Bruce's Watson shines here, offering both comic warmth and genuine concern for the missing baronet.

• The script's twist—Holmes proving the baronet engineered his own disappearance—is one of the more memorable reveals of the 1947 season.

🎙️ THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES ⭐ "THE RED‑HEADED LEAGUE" Starring Tom Conway & Nigel Bruce For 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 📅 Broadcast Date

March 31, 1947 (Mutual Broadcasting System)

This is one of the radio series' adaptations of the original Conan Doyle classic, first published in The Strand Magazine in 1891.

✍️ Writer

Dennis Green & Anthony Boucher Adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original short story.

🎭 Cast

• Tom Conway — Sherlock Holmes

• Nigel Bruce — Dr. John H. Watson

• Harry Bartell — Announcer

• Joseph Kearns — Jabez Wilson / Duncan Ross (depending on casting rotation)

• Elliott Lewis — John Clay (often cast in villain roles)

• Gwen Delano / Betty Lou Gerson — Supporting roles

• Dean Fosler — Music Director

📘 Episode Summary

One of the most beloved Holmes stories—and Conan Doyle's own #2 favorite—comes t