Includes the following Sherlock Holme's films:The Strange Case of Sherlock HolmesSherlock ... more
Holmes and the Case of the Silk StockingThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Sign of Four/The Blue CarbuncleThe Hound of the BaskervillesA Study in Scarlet/The Boscom...
A collection of BBC adaptations featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's celebrated super-sleuth. A ... more
Study In Scarlet: Peter Cushing stars as the intrepid private eye Sherlock Holmes and has to perform a little forensic investigation. The Boscombe Valley Myste...
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Thriller - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Timothy West, Neil Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Annette Crosbie, Pauline Quirke, Rob Brydon, Denise Van Outen, John Thomson, Kevin Whately, David Suchet
Production Year: 2002 - Thriller - Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey, Andy Wilson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Lisa Faulkner
Advantages: Beautifully restored versions of the greatest Holmes and Watson of all time Disadvantages: None a single one
The Definitive collection of arguably the best Holmes and Watson: Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce can only be greeted with joy, which is just how it was treated by me when it arrived in the post. Containing all fourteen films in the series that began in 1939 with The Hound of the Baskervilles and culminating with the rather melodramatically titled Dressed to Kill in 1946.
For those not conversant with the Rathbone/Bruce SherlockHolmes films, they began as almost A-movies for Twentieth Century Fox first in Hound and then The Adventures of SherlockHolmes. At this point Fox decided not to film any further adventures but Universal, ever desiring to put together B-movie series, which might draw in audiences, negotiated with Conan Doyle's estate to gain the rights. Successfully so, they brought back Rathbone, as an angular, slightly ...
Advantages: Entertaining Disadvantages: Not a Conan Doyle plot
view of Watson, who although is not as smart as Holmes, is certainly not as stupid as he is made to be here.
As Professor Moriarty, Lionel Attwill did not shine in any way, shape or form; in fact, I barely noticed he was there. The odd time I did, he came over as being slightly annoying. Disappointing.
Dennis Hoey plays Inspector Lestrade for the first time in this film. Again, he is portrayed as a total idiot, somewhere along the same lines as Watson.
Technical bits
My version of the disc has an interesting documentary about all the actors who had played SherlockHolmes before Basil Rathbone. Many of them performed on the stage and as such, I had not heard of them. The documentary was interesting, but not worth buying the DVD for unless you really like the film.
Classification: PG
The film is in black and white, although ...
Advantages: It is Sherlock Holmes! Disadvantages: Dated and a bit theatrical
In the world of SherlockHolmes there are two very well known screen portrayals of Conan Doyle?s immortal detective. Jeremy Brett on the TV screen in the 80?s and 90?s and Basil Rathbone on the cinema screen in the 40?s. There have been many other versions of the character in both formats but most of them are lesser versions, unable to match the style and quality of these two.
Before even Rathbone played Holmes though there was a British series of Holmes films starring one Arthur Wontner.
The Triumph of SherlockHolmes was made in 1935 and is one of five Holmes films made in the thirties starring Wontner. One of these is lost forever, a second is rarely seen but the other three are all available on DVD very cheaply. My copies came from the much lamented Murder One shop in central London, a shop that sadly vanished very recently from ...
Eight features. Includes 'Hound Of The Baskervilles', 'A Study In Scarlet', 'The VBoscombe Valley Nystery', 'The Sign O Four' and 'The Blue Carbuncle' featuring Peter Cushing. Also includes 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' with Richard Roxburgh, 'Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Silk Stocking', with Rupert Everett and 'The Strange Case Of Sherlock Holmes And Arthur Conan Doyle' with Douglas Henshall.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO; SONY DADC
Release date
05/06/2006
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
BBCDVD 1954
Barcode
5014503195427
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
Eight features. Includes 'Hound Of The Baskervilles', 'A Study In Scarlet', 'The VBoscombe Valley Nystery', 'The Sign O Four' and 'The Blue Carbuncle' featuring Peter Cushing. Also includes 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' with Richard Roxburgh, 'Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Silk Stocking', with Rupert Everett and 'The Strange Case Of Sherlock Holmes And Arthur Conan Doyle' with Douglas Henshall.
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