Though he became known for his starring role in the Sherlock Holmes movies of the 1940s, actor Basil Rathbone enjoyed a varied career for nearly 50 years. This is his story. When Rathbone left ...
Holmes and Watson, having made their debut in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet in 1887, were famous enough by 1891 for Doyle’s friend JM Barrie to publish the first of several Sherlock skits.
I’d much rather talk about The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ... s going to steal his head and send it to him COD. Mr. Holmes is Basil Rathbone, and after two pictures (the first was the ...