#David Stuart Davies

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It was also Brett’s idea to call out Watson’s first name, ‘John’, when he emerged from his near-fatal experiment in the story.

– David Stuart Davies, Starring Sherlock Holmes

[pepaldi]

David Stuart Davies has left us.

Thank You for everything.

[waitedforgarridebs]

😥 RIP, that's a great loss

[missanthropicprinciple]

Been waiting 20 years to get this.

[days-of-storm]

David Stuart Davies has died of cancer. I am so sad :(

[holmesoldfellow]

"Gaslight Grimoire" series, including the works of many authors, edited by J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec

"Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes," "Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes," "Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes," and "Gaslight Gothic: Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes."

[azazel-dreams]

The Ripper Legacy (Sherlock Holmes) by David Stuart Davies

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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I'm giggeling like an idiot again. :DThe thing is, I think I'm not even laughing about Jeremy Brett but about poor David Stuart Davies. :D The poor man was fangirling hard.

(And btw, the first photo is GORGEOUS, I think I hadn't seen it before!)

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes in Silver Blaze (Granada, Sherlock Holmes 1984)

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That's weird, I never got those impressions at all. Then again, I did know that there was a much worse book out there, can't remember the name, that truly was trying to capitalize on Jeremy's illness... But a book about the Granada adaptation does have to contend with the fact that, as it went on, Jeremy's health went downhill and so did the quality of the adapting.

The book literally ends with a chapter about Jeremy's joie de vivre. Plus, Edward Hardwicke — who we know was one of Jeremy's dear friends in the last ten years of his life — wrote a lovely introduction for the book that praises it, and I don't think for one second he'd have said those things if he didn't believe them.

I have never heard of anyone who met Jeremy Brett or knew him criticizing the book for being sensationalist. It's generally regarded as a labor of love by those lucky people (some of whom I've met), as well as the closest thing we have to a biography from someone who actually knew him. (There's another sort of biography out there but the author never met him.)

Now, maybe I should go back and try to look for bias, but the only bias that I can recall from my last reading (which was only a couple of years ago) was just how much David Stuart Davies did care about Jeremy. If anything, that might be why it reads so negatively to some people — I can imagine that it would be really hard, sometimes, to write about somebody you cared about who was also kind of sort of a friend who had declined so much in the time that you'd known them.

Guys, Bending the Willow is making me so angry again!!! I thought it will be mostly about Jeremy's brilliant Sherlock performance, his talent etc and instead honestly I feel like there were a few praises of his performance at the beginning of the series and then mostly making a sensation out of his problems, commenting on some of the things he said or did in a very patronizing manner and of course calling him fat. It's insufferable! At this point I feel like the author neither liked and appreciated Jeremy nor was a fan of his Sherlock creation.

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Propaganda

Jeremy Brett (My Fair Lady)—"...he was beautiful. A strange adjective to use in describing a man. I use it not to suggest effeminacy or a kind of male prettiness, but in the same way I would use it to describe a throughbred stallion, Michelangelo's David or Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. There was with Jeremy Huggins [Brett's non- stage name] a perfection and sublime symmetry in his features that was beautiful." [quote from "Bending the Willow" by David Stuart Davies]

Gene Kelly (Singin’ in the Rain, An American in Paris, The Pirate)—It’s hard to know where to start with Gene Kelly because he did so, so much, of such a high quality, from the ballet scenes in “An American in Paris” to the classy suave movie star act of “Singin’ in the Rain” to the incredibly camp, sexy “The Pirate”. He just never stopped finding cool ways to do things and he’s just brilliant to watch, especially when he’s dancing, but even when he’s doing drama or being silly! He’s one of those guys who could genuinely do it all and just radiates charisma through the screen, literally an #icon in every sense of the word.

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Jeremy Brett propaganda:

"according to critic Kenneth Tynan a 'too beautiful' Hamlet."

“Please take my humble offering of propaganda for bisexual icon ✨️Jeremy Brett✨️ and his early career!"

"he’s such a himbo sunshine boy in my fair lady"

“not technically propaganda because it won’t let me save the images but just found out my bi king jeremy brett played patroclus https://www.jeremy-brett.fr/crbst_183.html and also apparently dorian gray in the 60s and basil hallward in the 70s?? range.”

"...as a dashing D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1966/67) (Duelling is no problem! XD)”

“dropping to sleep - Jeremy is far too handsome to play d'art and also too tall, lol”

Gene Kelly propaganda:

"he was genuinely kind and supportive to judy garland when she was going through a rough time. she was having heavy trauma/addiction responses in 'Summer Stock' which led to her being late all the time and being too scared to come on set, and he actually faked twisting his ankle to distract everyone from her and give her some time off! so yeah, maybe he was a hardass, but when his friend needed him he was 100% there for her, and I think that's worth noting."

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FILM & TV YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW: Day 3 – Characters

“Watson was more in love with Holmes — in a pure sense — than he could have been with a woman. He wouldn’t want to give up the excitement, the danger. As for Holmes, if Watson had gone off and left him for a woman he wouldn’t know what to do. He’d be stoned out of his mind every night.” – Jeremy Brett, as quoted in David Stuart Davies’s Starring Sherlock Holmes

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Anniversary Tournament

Last year for Doctor Who's anniversary I ran a tournament between Doctor Who stories, and I wanted to so something different again this year. A tournament between real people important to the history of Doctor Who, actors, writers, producers, directors, composers, production designers. Technically it'll be a tournament for the most infuential person to Doctor Who and its development over the years, but really I want it to be a celebration of all of these people, and not just the winner.

To that end, the nomination form, you can also submit nominations normally, ie sending me an ask or replying to this post, however I won't be accepting propaganda through those methods.

I'm thinking I'll close nominations on the 18th of November, that might change but probably not by much

Current Nominations:

if green then at least one person has submitted propaganda for them

Actors

Arthur Darvil

Billie Piper

Carole Ann Ford

Christopher Eccleston

Colin Baker

David Graham and Peter Hawkins

David Tennant

Frazer Hines

Freema Agyeman

India Fisher

Jacqueline Hill

Jodie Whittaker

John Simm

Jon Pertwee

Lisa Bowerman

Liz Sladen

Matt Smith

Ncuti Gatwa

Nicholas Courtney

Pat Gorman

Patrick Troughton

Paul McGann

Peter Capaldi

Peter Davison

Rodger Delgado

Sean Carlsen

Sophie Aldred

Stuart Fell

Sylvester McCoy

Tom Baker

William Hartnell

William Russell

Composer

Delia Derbyshire

Dudley Simpson

Murray Gold

Paddy Kingsland

Peter Howell

Rob Harvey

Ron Grainer

Segun Akinola

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Designers

June Hudson

Peter Brachacki

Raymond Cusic

Directors

Christopher Barry

Graeme Harper

Paddy Russell

Rachel Talalay

Richard Martin

Waris Hussein

Fandom

Marnal Gate

TARDIS wiki creator

The Audience

Craig Ferguson

Producers

Barry Letts

Graham Williams

John Nathan Turner

Philip Hinchcliffe

Verity Lambert

Julie Gardner

Writers (including script editors and showrunners)

Alan Moore

Anthony Coburn

Chris Chibnall

David Whittaker

Donald Wilson

Douglas Adams

Eric Saward

Gerry Davis

Grant Morrison

John Lucarotti

Johnathan Blum

Justine Richards

Kate Orman

Kit Pedler

Lance Parkin

Lawrence Miles

Marc Platt

Paul Cornell

Robert Holmes

Robert Shearman

Rona Munro

Russell T Davies

Steven Moffatt

Terrance Dicks

Terry Nation

Other/impossible to categorise

all the thousands of people who've worked behind the scenes

Michael Grade (BBC higherup who hated doctor who so so much)

Peter Cregeen (actually cancelled Doctor Who)

Sydney Newman

Nicholas Briggs

Gary Russell

John F Kennedy

Sue from Catering

The real historical figures who've appeared in the show

Shakespeare

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1946 - 2024

How very sad ... :( I have just recently listened to his episode on the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere podcast. If you want to remember him, I can only recommend it. Condolences to his family and friends.

Sad news, David Stuart Davies author of Bending the Willow has died. A true Sherlockian will be sadly missed. Condolences to his family and friends.

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I am reading Bending the Willow by David Stuart Davies and I simply have to share this quote:

'Before we started filming anything and I had got the job, Jeremy rang me and said, "Darling heart, we must have a meal." And we met up in a restaurant in Soho. He was terribly sweet. He was aware that I had a little bit of an inferiority thing about being an actor's son, which I know today is irrelevant. But Jeremy was sensitive to this. I can remember him leaning over the table to me and saying, "It's your turn now." This was very touching.'

This is Edward Hardwicke speaking about Jeremy Brett.