History From The Back Pages

The Hound of the Baskervilles was a film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 Sherlock Holmes novel of the same name. The inspiration for choosing to review and watch this film was my sister buying me the complete works of Sherlock Holmes for Christmas. 

The movie stars the excellent Peter Cushing, best known as Baron Frankenstein, Grand Moff Tarkin, and Abraham Van Helsing. Christopher Lee is best known for playing Count Dracula, Count Dooku, Francisco Scaramanga, and Saruman the White. The dependable theatre actor André Morell, the often villainous Francis de Wolff, and Italian actress Marla Landi. 

The film's plot begins with Doctor Richard Mortimer asking Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson's help in investigating the death of his friend Sir Charles Baskerville.

For season six of History From The Back Pages, host Collin Sugg will review classic films from before 1999 that he has not watched before. For the first episode of season six, he watched The Eiger Sanction from 1975, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy, and Vonetta McGee. The plot is about a current art history professor and mountain climber named Jonathon Hemlock, a former assassin for a secretive government agency played by Clint Eastwood. His creepy former boss, the Dragon, played by Thayer David, blackmails him into performing one final sanction of a man who killed one of their operatives. The filming took place in Switzerland, Arizona, Utah, and California. The mountain climbing sequences on Mount Eiger in Switzerland were breathtaking and brilliantly filmed and performed by Clint Eastwood (1:00). 

Host Collin Sugg is thrilled that the holidays are approaching. And to continue the holiday festivities, he reviews the Christmas classic The Bishop's Wife from 1947. The film stars superstar Cary Grant, Academy Award winners Loretta Young and David Niven, longtime actor Monty Woolley and Dame Gladys Cooper. 

Host Collin Sugg is thrilled that the holidays are approaching. And to continue the holiday festivities, he reviews the Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street from 1947. The film stars the excellent Irish star Maureen O' Hara, Academy Award winner Edmund Gwenn, leading man John Payne, multiple-time award nominee Natalie Wood, and the film's villain, the talented character actor Porter Hall. This episode is dedicated to and inspired by Collin's close friend Alyssa who recommended he watch the movie and rated it as one of her favorite Christmas films. 

Host Collin Sugg is thrilled that the holidays are approaching. And, for the first in a variety of holiday-themed episodes, discusses the classic film: Christmas In Connecticut from 1945, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dick Elliot, Dennis Morgan, Syndey Greenstreet, and Reginald Gardiner. 

This week's episode gives a short introduction to the life of LDS President Howard W. Hunter and a bomb scare that transpired in February 1993 on the campus of BYU. 

 On August 16th, 2010, off the coast of Colombia, Aires Flight 8250, traveling in thunderstorms and heavy rain, attempted to land on San Andres, Island. But various dangerous decisions caused the landing to go awry. 

In April 1999, Korea Air Cargo Flight 6316 took off from Shangini on route to Seoul. Unfortunately, just after takeoff,  massive confusion between the pilot and co-pilot over the aircraft's altitude leads to disaster. 

Tune in this week on History From The Back Pages to hear what happened aboard United Express Flight 6291. On January 7th, 1994, a short commuter flight from Dulles International Airport to Columbus met an explosive end after the captain and first officer made several catastrophic mistakes. 

Tune in to hear about the crash of Sol Flight 5428. It was on route from Rosario International Airport, Argentina, to General Enrique Mosconi International Airport. Heavy icing, pilot error, and pilots missing the stall warnings were three factors for the doomed aircraft's demise.