Sherlock Holmes can be old-school, punk, steampunk, or just a boor with great cheekbones. He’s survived silent films, black-and-white melodrama, trippy ‘70s flicks, and now prestige TV with all the ...

With his long slender features visible under a deerstalker hat and a smoking pipe in hand, actor Basil Rathbone is as synonymous with Sherlock Holmes as Baker street. One of Britain’s first ...

When it comes to setting the scene for a Sherlock Holmes film, it's hard to imagine anyone one-upping the masterful, Oscar-nominated art direction in Guy Ritchie's 2009 take on Arthur ...

No, all 14 Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone were made in Hollywood. Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa , to British parents.

A new Blu-ray set collects the 14 classic Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as the famous detective, and for Holmes fans or just those interested in film preservation, it holds some ...

Sherlock Holmes There is ... Memorably played 14 times by Basil Rathbone through the ’40s, Holmes has ... Blackwood shortly resurrects himself and undertakes to establish his New Order, ...

Features Sherlock Holmes: celebrating Rathbone & Bruce’s top 5 films. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce's Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson laid down a terrific on-screen template.

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