Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes

"THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES" (1939) Review

The jaar 1939 proved to be a momentous time for fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. The jaar marked the debut of two films that featured the movie introduction of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as the famous literary detective and his friend, Dr. John Watson.

There had been vorige movie, stage and radio adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes. But despite the recent success of Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in the roles of Holmes and Watson, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce would become the first cinematic...

For the past 120 years of so, Sherlock Holmes has reigned as the indisputable king of fictional characters the world over. So, with the richly deserved popularity of the newest Holmes offering door the redoubtable BBC, it simply stands to tedious reason that American televisie would immediately want to rush out a 'knock off'. Enter 'Elementary', who's misplaced claim to fame is having cast Watson as (egads!!) a woman. Perhaps CBS would like us to forget about their two vorige unsold pilots come TV films which featured a couple of perfectly charming lady Watson's (Margaret Colin and Deborah...