The complete Sherlock Holmes collection.
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FilmPublisher number: DAVID1799 | Umbrella EntertainmentDistributor: Australia : Umbrella Entertainment, [2017]Copyright date: ©1939Description: 7 DVD-videos (933 mins.) : sound, b&w ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscOther title: Sherlock Holmes collectionSubject(s): Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Drama | Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) -- Drama | Private investigators -- Drama | Crimes -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. | Sherlock Holmes films. | Fiction films. | Mystery films. Production credits: Director, Sidney Lanfield; produced by Roy William Neill.Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce.Summary: The complete collection includes all fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce digitally remastered and restored to pristine condition. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character of Sherlock Holmes is a timeless creation, and of all actors ever to play the role, Basil Rathbone is the iconographic Master Detective at his best. Opposite Holmes, Nigel Bruce is Dr Watson, whose naive yet loyal quality creates a unique dynamic between the two central characters. Roy William Neill was the director and the creative genius behind all but three of these films. The films, despite their limited budgets and serial nature, are atmospheric and surprisingly inventive. Beautifully shot in black and white each film presents a new mystery. The intelligence and passion both Rathbone and Bruce endow to their characters ensures the place of these films as treasures of cinema. This definitive Sherlock Holmes collection is a must-have for fans of crime and mystery.
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14 films on 7 discs--cover.
DAVID1799.
Based on the stories or characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
All films were restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive except for Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The hound of Baskervilles.
Special features: Audio commentaries by Sherlock Holmes Experts on: The Scarlet Claw, The Woman in Green, Sherlock Holmes faces death, The Hound of the Baskerville, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ; Restoring Sherlock Holmes Featurette ; Production notes by Richard Valley ; Photo Galleries ; Original Theatre trailers.
Director, Sidney Lanfield; produced by Roy William Neill.
Rated: PG.
DVD ; Region 4.
In English.
The complete collection includes all fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce digitally remastered and restored to pristine condition. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character of Sherlock Holmes is a timeless creation, and of all actors ever to play the role, Basil Rathbone is the iconographic Master Detective at his best. Opposite Holmes, Nigel Bruce is Dr Watson, whose naive yet loyal quality creates a unique dynamic between the two central characters. Roy William Neill was the director and the creative genius behind all but three of these films. The films, despite their limited budgets and serial nature, are atmospheric and surprisingly inventive. Beautifully shot in black and white each film presents a new mystery. The intelligence and passion both Rathbone and Bruce endow to their characters ensures the place of these films as treasures of cinema. This definitive Sherlock Holmes collection is a must-have for fans of crime and mystery.
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce.
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