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to anybody that likes Sherlock Holmes (Original Post) LompocDem Feb 2023 OP
Love this on brit box JT45242 Feb 2023 #1
Agreed! Drum Feb 2023 #2
They were always my favorite! Anxiously awaited each new episode PortTack Feb 2023 #3
For Those Without Brit Box You Can Find these SH Episodes on YouTube Indykatie Feb 2023 #4
Oh, me too. soldierant Feb 2023 #5
I've watched the series a couple times. Really good barbtries Feb 2023 #6
Don't care what anybody says, Jeremy Brett was the best Sherlock Holmes. Bar none...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2023 #7
Other choices Dear_Prudence Feb 2023 #8

JT45242

(2,848 posts)
1. Love this on brit box
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 12:46 AM
Feb 2023

He kept filming the last season even as he was dying. Always feels spot on to the Doyle stories.

soldierant

(7,844 posts)
5. Oh, me too.
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 03:35 AM
Feb 2023

Spot on, yes, but there's one little addition, I don't even know whether it was conscious and of course we can't ask him now. But Some of the mannerisms of Holmes in the stories, which Brett used and even a little it emphasized, are characteristic of a mild case of adult ADD, which looks very different from classic HADD. That seemed to me like the extra mile.

barbtries

(29,735 posts)
6. I've watched the series a couple times. Really good
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 03:36 AM
Feb 2023

I thought I’d watched all the Sherlock Holmes movies out there, but just last night I found a 1970 Billy Wilder movie on Amazon called The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and really enjoyed it. Your post is timely.

Dear_Prudence

(817 posts)
8. Other choices
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 06:05 AM
Feb 2023

The award-winning vintage 1/2 hour Sherlock Holmes TV show with Ronald Howard is available on several free Roku channels; it is a qick fix and amusing. William Gillette (Gillette Castle fame in CT) established many of the mannerisms we associate with Holmes through his stage and screen performances. His 1916 silent film has been recently found and restored. I found the pacing slow by our standards, but it is available for free on YouTube. I also listen to audio books of dramatic readings of Doyle's books and stories from the public library. And, yes, Jeremy Brett is really great so I gifted myself a BritBox subscription.

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