2007-03-04 09:13:55 · 5 answers · asked by blizz_1133 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Basil Rathbone is the iconic Sherlock Holmes, but as an avid fan of the books, I would say that Jeremy Brett's portrayal is far superior. Rent some of his if you haven't seen any, you'll be blown away. But don't get the ones he made towards the end of his life, they were not as good as his early work. As for basil himself, i'd say The Hound of the Baskervilles, which has always been one of my favorite Holmes stories.
2007-03-12 07:05:13 · answer #1 · answered by rasagathi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Best Sherlock Holmes movie starring Basil Rathbone is "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", which was made not long after "The Hound of the Baskervilles" A good, creepy double/triple mystery, a villainous plot by the mastermind, Moriarty, unusually good byplay between Holmes and Nigel Bruce's Watson, and all in the proper costume and period. An addded bonus is Holmes, disguised as a music-hall entertainer at a private party, belting out a rousing "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside" while on the watch for skullduggery.
After this film, the plots became simpler, the supporting players less well-known, the production values cheaper, and the historical era veered back and forth between sort-of-Victorian to the 1940's England and the USA.
2007-03-10 23:30:36 · answer #2 · answered by Bhuvaneshbabu R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though all of the Basil Rathbone Holmes films have moments and scenes of real worth and value, the best overall is the second, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", which was made not long after "The Hound of the Baskervilles" A good, creepy double/triple mystery, a villainous plot by the mastermind, Moriarty, unusually good byplay between Holmes and Nigel Bruce's Watson, and all in the proper costume and period. An addded bonus is Holmes, disguised as a music-hall entertainer at a private party, belting out a rousing "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside" while on the watch for skullduggery.
After this film, the plots became simpler, the supporting players less well-known, the production values cheaper, and the historical era veered back and forth between sort-of-Victorian to the 1940's England and the USA.
The orignal "Adventures" holds up the best, entertains the most.
2007-03-04 16:53:10 · answer #3 · answered by Palmerpath 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2007-03-11 18:24:27 · answer #4 · answered by Lefty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hounds of Baskerville
2007-03-12 07:12:23 · answer #5 · answered by bubba23111 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋