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  • Actors: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 7
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 31 Jan 2005
  • Run Time: 974 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0006M4S46
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 942 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features

Featurette with Robert Gitt, Head Preservation Officer at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Discusses the multi-million dollar film restoration project for the series. (5 minutes)

Audio Commentaries with Sherlock Holmes Expert David Stuart Davies (author, publisher of numerous books on Holmes and Rathbone) on the following films: -The Scarlet Claw -The Woman In Green -Sherlock Holmes Faces Death -The Hound of the Baskervilles

Audio Commentary with Sherlock Holmes Expert Richard Valley (Acclaimed author and publisher of Scarlet Street Mystery Magazine, currently penning a book on Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes). -The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

Extensive Production Notes by Holmes Expert Richard Valley for all 14 films.

Photo Gallery/Original Movie Posters

Synopsis

In 'Sherlock Holmes And The Hound Of The Baskervilles' Holmes and Watson are called to investigate a century-old curse on an ancestral manor. Features fourteen films in total.

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272 of 272 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars About Time - Thank You. , 25 Feb 2005
By D. KNIGHT "knightd68" (Radlett - Herts UK) - See all my reviews
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This set is absolutely stunning. And at the price - its also a 100% bargain.

As a big Sherlock/Rathbone fan, in a mad attempt to get decent copies of these films, I've been buying Sherlock DVDs on many different labels since I've had a DVD player. Most of the ones I have acquired originate from USA. They've all been released in this country by Orbit Media. The quality of the pictures & sound is generally poor. Some of the copies I've paid out for nothing short of miserable.

This set absolutely wipes the floor with EVERY other Rathbone Holmes DVD on the market. For picture quality & sound clarity it is positively without rival. Quality is simply pristine.

As for the films themselves - you probably know! I'm aware the Brett fans will argue til the cows come home that he was the best (and I can see why), but for me, Rathbone WAS Holmes. Nigel Bruce's bumbling Watson has been an iritant of serious Sherlockians since these films were made, but as someone who came to Holmes through this series, I personally have a lot of affection for both the actor and his clumsy, pompous Watson.

One of the discs contains a short documentary, detailing the lengths that the producers went to get this set as brilliant as it is. It was 10 years in the making!

There are expert and insightful audio commentaries by David Stuart Davies on 5 of the films. These were full of fascinating facts about a whole range of subjects connected to the pictures you were seeing; from subtle props (that I hadn't previously spotted) through to mini biographies of the actors who pop up throughout the 14 films. It's honestly just wonderful!

Cheers to whoever's idea it was to finally give these films the respect they deserve! You've made my decade (at least in a DVD sense)!
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382 of 388 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars So what's on it???......So, HERE'Swhat's on it!, 25 Feb 2006
By A Customer
For the benefit of the reviewer above here's a list of all 14 films:
1. The hound of the Baskervilles
2. The voice of terror
3. The adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4. The secret weapon
5. Sherlock Holmes in Washington
6. Sherlock Holmes faces death
7. The spider woman
8. The pearl of death
9. The scarlet claw
10. The house of fear
11. Pursuit to Algiers
12. The woman in green
13. Terror by night
14. Dress to kill
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145 of 148 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Holmes Series Restored., 5 Dec 2005
By John Austin "austinjr@bigpond.net.au" (Kangaroo Ground, Australia) - See all my reviews
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There’s hours of enjoyment to be found in this valuable package. It contains all 14 Sherlock Holmes films featuring Basil Rathbone and Sir Nigel Bruce dating from 1939 to 1946. There’s also a fascinating account of the films restoration history, in which we are told that the work occupied almost a whole year for each film, and also that one or two of the films, including one of the last of them, “Pursuit to Algiers”, were almost ready to disintegrate. The resultant visual quality is amazingly good – I can distinguish the various tweeds from which the coats of Holmes and Watson are made.

Mainly produced and directed by Roy William Neill, the series originated in England where the first 2 films were made. Each used “period’” costume and setting, although only the first was based on a Conan Doyle story. Then production was transferred to Hollywood where mainly British cast members were still used, but the settings were now contemporary and sometimes the films were unashamedly war propaganda.

With a presence, appearance and inimitable diction, Basil Rathbone is unsurpassed as an exponent of Sherlock Holmes in film. His wish to be relieved of the role and the death of regular producer and director Roy William Neill terminated the series. Nigel Bruce, as Doctor Watson, replicates the bluff, doddery English buffoon that he played so well in numerous films of those years. It’s nothing like Conan Doyle’s original, but wonderfully endearing.

These were never more than B Grade film productions in their day, most lasting little more than one hour. Somehow, their appeal remains strong. If the opportunity arises, and visitors and relatives of all ages survey my shelves, one or other of these films is often chosen in preference to something of more substance. “The Hound of the Baskervilles” is the most often chosen, but my favorite is “Pursuit to Algiers”.

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5.0 out of 5 stars sherlock remastered
Lovely re-vamp of an old favourite. I brought this for my girlfriend who is a huge fan of Basil Rathbone as Sherlock, and she assures me that it was "The right thing to do!!! Read more
Published 1 day ago by p f currums

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant - now you know what we want next Optimum!
I won't add further comment on these 14 masterpieces.

Now come on Optimum, after the ten year UCLA restoration, there really is no excuse not to give us a blu-ray... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic value
ON PURCHASING THIS BOX SET FOR MY HUSBAND, HE WAS OVERJOYED WITH IT, VALUE FOR MONEY IS OUTSTANDING. AS ALWAYS DELIVERY AND ORDER DETAILS WERE SPOT ON WITH AMAZON.
Published 24 days ago by Mrs. Anita K. Essex

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Remaster Job
The UCLA Film School remastered these productions and in my opinion did a wonderful job. There are times when the voices are a bit out of sync but overall they did a great job... Read more
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Basil Rathbone still the best despite all the pretenders since. What is better than to curl up on a wintry afternoon and watch one of these great films.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good mysteries - not Holmes
If you are looking to purchase a good set of old mysteries made in a time when mystery movies were at their peak; then this is a very good set. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars an absolute steal
this is a must for fans, and at a bargain price,a lot better quality than the original.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An almost definitive collection
For anyone looking to collect the Rathbone/Holmes films, this is THE set to get. The films are as fully restored as they are ever likely to be, and, further more, being in PAL... Read more
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What a fantastic collection, i remember these films from Sunday afternoons spent in front of the TV circa the 60s, ah the sweet age of innocence. Read more
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