VHS : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, George Zucco, Alan Marshaldirected by: Alfred L. Werker
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301801089
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6301801083
Label: Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment
Release Date: March 10, 1993
Sales Rank: 13861
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: September 01, 1939
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
One of the most engaging features from 20th Century Fox's Holmes series, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is also of historical interest as it based on a hugely popular, early 20th century stage play written by and starring William Gillette. Basil Rathbone cuts a fine figure as the lean, hawkish Great Detective, drawn into a complicated conspiracy by fiendish Dr. Moriarty (George Zucco) to distract Holmes while quietly preparing to steal the Crown Jewels. Nigel Bruce is on board as a buffoonish Dr. Watson, and British-born Ida Lupino is very good, and quite gorgeous, as a young woman who may be the target of a family curse. True-blue Sherlockians know that very little of Gillette's tale, and next to nothing about Zucco's or Bruce's performances, have anything to do with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's sacred canon. Still, this is a handsome production to enjoy on its own terms. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Atmospheric vintage mystery
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) faces off against his arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty (George Zucco), in this installment of the vintage detective series. This movie is a great deal of fun, mostly due to the excellent performances, most notably Rathbone's. However, I can't help but feel disappointment that they choose to make Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) into a comic buffoon rather than the capable assistant he was in Arthur Conan Doyle's stories. I also wish they had adapted one of Doyle's tales ... Read More
Rating:  - SHolmes Fan
Well written, directed and brillantly acted. An excellent first entry for the series. You won't be disappointed unless you are a 'purist.' Very entertaining.
Rating: - Tre True Start of Something Big
This film capitalized on the reception Rathbone and Bruce got in "Hound of the Baskervilles." How can you go wrong when Rathbone as Holmes, disguised as a music hall entertainer, delights Ida Lupino and everyone else with "By The Seaside." Forever after on the radio Holmes series Rathbone when posing as a Cockney would sing a few bars of that song to complete the effect.
Rating: - One of the very first
No played a better Sherlock Holmes than Basil Rathbone. Thsi movie was one of his first to do and it was just as mysterious as the others.
Rating: - The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
When I hear the name "Sherlock Holmes" I automatically think of Basil Rathbone. Some don't like the way that Watson is treated in these movies since it is so different from what is in the books. Watson, in these movies, provides some comic relief and Nigel Bruce is perfect in this role. This is one of two Rathbone/Bruce made that actually take place in the time the story was written (Victorian England). The others were all modernized for the screen. I highly recommend this movie so give it a ... Read More
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