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Document 145100

NIGEL BRUCE
To English friends, see Hitchcock's Suspicion and he remembers England in war.
ALS: "Nigel Bruce", 2p, 6x7. Beverly Hills, California, 1941 (sic, 1940) December 7. To Norman Jones. In full: "Thank you indeed for your very nice letter. I'm glad you like my little contribution that has come from me in the film you have seen. Please thank Peter Sulton also and don't miss Hitchcock's new feature Suspicion when it comes to dear old England as I [think] that you will Both like it very much & in my opinion Hitchcock as a director is unbeatable. Best wishes to you Both in the New Year & I hope our Beloved little England wont have to go through another 1940. I fought against those Brutes from Aug 4th 1914 to the Armistice & spent 2½ years in Hospital with a fractured right thigh so I love 'em. Best wishes to you Both." Although clearly dated "1941", by content it was written on December 7, 1940. NIGEL BRUCE (1895-1953) is best known as Dr. Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes in 14 movies and scores of radio programs. He first played Dr. Watson in 1939's The Hound of the Baskervilles. In Suspicion (1941), Bruce portrayed Cary Grant's likeable business partner Beaky Thwaite who dies under mysterious circumstances. The film was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Creased, light diagonal crease touches the "N" in Nigel and the "r" in Bruce. Shaded and nicked at upper horizontal fold.

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