Sherlock Holmes Collectors Edition
A COLLECTION OF SHERLOCK CLASSICS!
The greatest mysteries of the world's most recognized sleuth!
The legacy of the investigative mastermind Sherlock Holmes has transcended through three centuries and appeared in books, television series, films and so much more. This deluxe 5 DVD collection features 8 feature films and the entire 39 episode American television series featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
master sleuth in some of his greatest mysteries and adventures.
STARRING:
RONALD HOWARD, HOWARD MARION-CRAWFORD, BASIL RATHBONE, ARTHUR WONTNER,
REGINALD OWEN, ARCHIE DUNCAN...and many more!!
The only DVD release to feature all 39 episodes of the series PLUS 8 Sherlock Holmes MOVIES!
TITLES:
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Starring Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes
Follow the adventures of master detective Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howard) and his faithful assistant Dr. Watson (Howard...
Decent Value For The Price
As noted in the first review of this set, there are 8 films and the complete 1954 Sherlock Holmes television series starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as a Watson much closer to the character Doyle depicted in his novels and stories than the Fox/Universal film series. No brain-dead Nigel Bruce version of Watson is to be found in that TV series. All in all a very enjoyable series with some clever original stories for once set in the time period of the original stories. Howard plays Holmes with a rather impish and delightful sense of humor, a man helping out the underdog and the oppressed.
The three films starring Arthur Wontner as Holmes depict the Great Detective as smug, insufferable and superior to everyone. There is none of the humor Jeremy Brett or even Basil Rathbone brought to the character. Reginald Owen plays Reginald Owen in one film. In fact, to me, he ALWAYS played Reginald Owen in whatever film he was in.
There are four...
Value Sherlock
The feature movies as has been presented in the March 2010 Amazon review (above) are a nice sampling of the earlier movie portrayals of Sherlock Holmes. But for me the TV serial of Sherlock Holmes was a surprising favorite. Ronald Howard - no relation to U.S. Actor/director Ron Howard but rather the son of Leslie Howard - is a less creepy but believable Sherlock Holmes - and he and the cast clearly had a good time on the set. The quality of the TV series is surprising - and occasional on-location filming is fun and interesting to view (including the inserts from early silent film of London and Paris). Really a clever TV program that I am glad can be seen today. The quality is pretty good - not great - and not terrible.
Well worth the low price of 5 DVDs...
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