With his long slender features visible under a deerstalker hat and a smoking pipe in hand, actor Basil Rathbone is as synonymous with Sherlock Holmes as Baker street. One of Britain’s first ...

His lushly appointed "Sherlock Holmes" -- which will spawn a sequel around Christmas -- was a gorgeous visual work of art, and a pretty solid bit of fun, to boot. Basil Rathbone, left, starred as ...

1946 - Starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce ... films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes character. And I must say, I do enjoy this hat. I think it's quite stylish.

Basil Rathbone ... on Design and Sherlock Holmes. Previously, we looked at the architecture of deduction at 221b Baker Street and the history of Holmes’s iconic deerstalker hat.

QUESTION Were any of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films made in the UK? No, all 14 Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone were made in Hollywood. Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) was born in ...

Sherlock Holmes has been around for a long time. He made his first literary appearance in 1887 and his first leading role in a cinematic medium took place in 1900 in Mutoscope, a coin-in-the-slot ...

gossip and more We have more newsletters With his long slender features visible under a deerstalker hat and a smoking pipe in hand, actor Basil Rathbone is as synonymous with Sherlock Holmes as ...