Seventy years ago this month The Detective hit the silver screen. This comic caper starred Edgar Bergen and his wise-cracking sidekick (both literally and figuratively) Charlie McCarthy. To commemorate the film’s release a silver plated spoon came out. As you can see the spoon has McCarthy dressed like Sherlock Holmes.

This spoon originally belonged to my grandmother. I wonder when and where she got it? She must have seen the film upon it’s release. Afterall, in 1939 the ventriloquist (Bergen) and dummy (McCarthy) were household names. In addition to appearing in films they also had their own weekly radio show The Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show.