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 ...

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 ...

Stop people at a mall and show them a picture of a gaunt fellow holding a magnifying glass, ... Actor Basil Rathbone is shown as Sherlock Holmes in the 1939 Hollywood movie, ...

Sherlock Holmes’s extraordinary deductions would be impossible without the optical technologies of the 19th century Jimmy Stamp Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson (image ...

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 ...

British actor Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes The Hound of the Baskervilles (Getty) By. Amanda Killelea; 19:08, 1 Aug 2020 Updated 14:51, 3 Aug 2020; ...

The Curse of Sherlock Holmes: The Basil Rathbone Story by David Clayton, published by The History Press, out 3 August, £20. Story Saved. You can find this story in My Bookmarks.