Sherlock Holmes - The Definitive Collection [DVD]

The Definitive Sherlock Holmes Stars In The Definitive Collection Of Movies Featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Fictional Detective. For movie goers world wide back in The 40s Basil Rathbone was Sherlock Holmes alongside Nigel Bruce as The bumbling but loveable Dr Watson The duo really set The mould for all other actors playing The Detective To follow. starring in 14 films Together all The movies have now been gathered Together for This newly restored lavish boxset. Titles like Dressed To Kill, The Woman In Green, Sherlock Holmes & The Spider Lady and of course To Name but a few The ever popular Hound Of The Baskervilles. The films really need no introduction and reek of elegance and charm Throughout it's The 40s when Gentlemen were Gentlemen and Ladies were Ladies. speaking of ladies just marvel at The gowns and dresses some of The female leads wore Throughout These films simply class. watching The films again you really can't see anyone else other Than Rathbone playing Holmes he his The one and only Sherlock Holmes. as mentioned all of The films have been beautifully restored a fascinating Documentary on The restoring of The films which does appear on all The Disc's is a real eye opener. really interesting To learn had They not acted when they did on The restoration process some of The films would have been lost for ever To The ravages of Time. some Titles all new end credits had To be created as The original Titles were unusable for Transmission. fear not movie lovers The films are now all Thankfully preserved for future generations. along with The impressive restoration documentary all Trailers for The films are included along with audio commentaries on all The movies by film historians. a lavish photo gallery for each film will keep fans of The Detective viewed for hours while reproductions of all The movies original film posters rounds off one of The best DVD packages you will ever see. it's all really Elementary My Dear Watson.

Basil Rathbone's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps one of the best known. For people who are interested in the character or classic black and white movies this collection should have appeal.However, many of the films place Holmes in a contemporary setting, rather than the Victorian era and most possess only a tenuous connection to the plots of the original stories. The character of Watson is converted from that of the books into a bumbling sidekick who offers some comic relief; Nigel Bruce discharges this role well but some people who are familiar with Conan Doyle's original stories may dislike the interpretation of Watson in these films.For people seeking more faithful adaptations of the original stories the Jeremy Brett television episodes are a good place to start but the Rathbone-Bruce films remain classics.

This is a nice straight forward collection of all 14 movies digitally remastered (and yes you can tell) because I remember watching these when I was a kid on BBC 2 on a Saturday morning and even then I can remember that the prints the BBC had were not the best. So, I am glad I bought this set as it is complete (14 movies) with notes on restoration and free lobby cards (reproductions). Basil and Nigel have never looked so good in pin sharp glorious black and white. So... buy, buy, BUY !!

Yes, the films are dated, and yes they relocate our hero from Victorian days to the 1940s, and yes they are sometimes corny - but they offer many satisfactions apart from the plot lines. Not the least of these satisfactions are spellbinding performances by Basil Rathbone (arguably the best ever Sherlock, though Jeremy Brett comes close to him) and by Nigel Bruce, Holmes's endearing but bumbling sidekick who provides much of the light relief. No time in those days for heart-searching psychology or fancy camera work: just a plain story, plainly told. If you can forgive the wartime flag-waving apparent in some of the films, they offer great entertainment. The DVDs offer very clean copies of the films. and at this price they are a bargain with which to while away those long winter evenings.

The Hound of the Baskervilles contained in this collection is the best movie or TV version of this story ever made, even better than Jeremy Brett's or Peter Cushings versions. The other stories are an interesting mixture, not necessarily based on the books and short stories, although enjoyable nonetheless. The Scarlet Claw is genuinely frightening and brilliantly done, but actually based on a G.K. Chesterton Father Brown story, with a little reference to Chesterton in the film. This collection was put together with a great deal of love and it shows, and there is a lovely little collection of postcard-sized posters of the films contained within. Basil Rathbone was by far the most physically energetic Holmes, and his acting is astounding, particularly the disguises, some of which are genuinely unexpected and will have you fooled. One of the very best movie collections I've ever encountered.

Superb complete collection of the Rathbone-Bruce Sherlock Holmes adventures, skillfully remastered to the best condition possible before they crumbled away. For many, this duo were the best Holmes and Watson (even though Bruce did play the doctor as a real dunderhead) though that should really be laid at the feet of Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke. Nevertheless, great black and white tales in foggy settings with appropriately sinister criminals.

After having watched Jeremy Brett's interpretation of Holmes I became curious to also watch Basil Rathbone's Holmes films. The films are dated, often without any suspense and thus found nearly all of them uninteresting if compared to Brett's version. Brett's version paid a lot of details in the interior Victorian design of rooms and had wonderful outdoor locations and plenty of eye-warming historic train scenes. Rathbones US Holmes films are nearly entirely recorded in studios and thus even duller than if compared only the actors playing.