Sherlock Holmes can be old-school, punk, steampunk, or just a boor with great cheekbones. He’s survived silent films, ...

Gareth Rubin’s new novel Holmes and Moriarty (Simon & Schuster, £18.99) has a mouth-wateringly ingenious premise: Professor Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime, has to form an alliance with his ...

The film stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson. It was the first of fourteen Sherlock Holmes movies in the early 1900s starring Rathbone and Bruce.

As long as Sherlock Holmes is remembered, Rathbone’s evocation of the character will remain the one to beat. And that, my dear Watson, will be forever. Ad. Ad – content continues below.

(Image credit: 20th Century Fox) Sherlock Holmes Film Series (1939-1946) In the early days of film, one of the first notable portrayals of Sherlock Holmes came from British actor Basil Rathbone.

1939 was also the year that Basil Rathbone made his first two Sherlock Holmes films: ... Justin Bieber takes his $200K electric G-Wagon for a spin as wife Hailey is brutally mocked by fans; ...

The idea of larger-than-life entertainment was a staple of 19-century melodrama in the Sherlock Holmes era. Before electricity, stages were lighted by gaslight, and actors performed with broad ...

Actor Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," circa 1984. (TV Times via Getty Images) All of Doyle’s stories, save for 19, were adapted.