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Title: Sherlock Holmes on Screen: The Complete Film and TV History by Alan Barnes ISBN: 1-903111-04-8 Publisher: Reynolds & Hearn Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great reference book
Comment: If you are a fan of more than the Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes episodes, this is a great item for your bookshelf. Barnes has written the most comprehensive guide to Holmes in film and on television. The amount of information is amazing. Boookend this with David Stuart Davies' graphically gorgeous Starring Sherlock Holmes and you'll have a fantastic reference library on Holmes on screen.
Bob Byrne
Sherlock Holmes on Oxford Lane
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential reading for film buffs and Sherlock Holmes fans
Comment: This book has yet to leave my bedside table since I purchased it a few months ago. It's not only an extremely well researched book but a very entertaining read as well, packed with information that is revealing (eg, how Jeremy Brett's personal problems impacted upon the Granada tv series) and sometimes surprising (eg, Peter O'Toole and Peter Sellers were the original choices for Holmes and Watson for Billy Wilder's 'The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes').
Alan Barnes and his fellow contributors go into great detail about the films and television shows they cover, and give their personal opinions about each entry. You may not agree with all of the views expressed, but they are well written and certainly give the reader food for thought.
The book is well illustrated with black and white photographs. This is important as it's likely that many people will never get to see the films they are taken from, particularly some of the early silent films that are lost or older and more obscure films and television shows that have yet to get a video or DVD release.
This book has proven invaluable to me as it has introduced me to tv series and films that I previously knew little or nothing about like the Arthur Wontner films and the Douglas Wilmer and Peter Cushing BBC tv series. I also gained an insight into the little known Ronald Howard tv series from the 1950s. It was also great to read of the BBC 4-part presentation of The Hound Of The Baskervilles starring former Doctor Who star Tom Baker as Sherlock Holmes. I saw this when it was first shown on tv in Australia and it hasn't been screened again, so it was quite nostalgic to read about it and see a photo of Baker in his Holmes costume.
This book is an essential addition to the library of any Sherlock Holmes fan or film buff. You won't find another book that covers Sherlock Holmes history in film and television so thoroughly.
Rating: 4
Summary: It's elementary, dear reader....
Comment: Being a Sherlock Holmes fanatic induced me into purchasing this for my collection in the hopes of obtaining some new images of Rathbone, Richardson, and other Holmes actors. I also had an interest in learning the up-to-date status of each Holmes film ever produced. In that, this is a wonderful book, filled with pages upon pages of information, cast listing, and comments, as well as some rare images of aforementioned actors.
The personal bias of the writer is the only thing that dampens a wonderful experience... namely because I tend to disagree with his assessments of certain Holmes films, particularly those of Basil Rathbone in his later career. I wished there were more images of Ian Richardson and Nicholas Rowe, but all together it's a wonderul purchase to add to any true Sherlockian collection.
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Title: Starring Sherlock Holmes by David Stuart Davies, Ian Richardson ISBN: 1840232501 Publisher: Titan Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title:The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Vol. 2 (The House of Fear/The Spider Woman/Pearl of Death/The Scarlet Claw) ASIN: B0000APVBY Publisher: Mpi Media Group Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $69.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $57.38 |
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Title:The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Vol. 1 (Voice of Terror / Secret Weapon / In Washington / Faces Death) ASIN: B0000AOV8O Publisher: Mpi Media Group Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $69.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $57.38 |
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Title:Sherlock Holmes Collection Volume 3 (Dressed to Kill/In Pursuit to Algiers/Terror By Night/The Woman in Green) ASIN: B0000EMYKY Publisher: Mpi Media Group Pub. Date: 27 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $69.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $57.38 |
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Title: The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes by Dick Riley, Pam McAllister ISBN: 0826411169 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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