Sherlock Holmes on Screen : The Complete Film and TV History

English

ISBN: 085768776X

EAN: 9780857687760

Category: Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism/Literary Criticism / Mystery & Detective/

Publisher: Titan Books Limited

Release Date: 02/03/2012

Synopsis: Conan Doyle???s master detective Sherlock Holmes has appeared on screen more times than any other fictional character. Sherlock Holmes on Screensurveys over a century???s worth of his exploits in film and television, from the silent era to the present day. Actors Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett and Peter Cushing have all been praised for their portrayals of Holmes. Sherlock Holmes on Screencasts new light on their performances, and introduces many less familiar Sherlocks, too ??? including John Cleese, Roger Moore and Larry Hagman. Illustrated with rare archive pictures throughout, Sherlock Holmes on Screenis now updated with entries on the BBC???s modern-day Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and director Guy Ritchie???s all-action Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr ??? plus Sherlockian turns from Rupert Everett and Jonathan Pryce. Expanded coverage of Holmes??? animated escapades opposite, among others, Batman, Scooby-Doo and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, plus new research into the Great Detective???s silent film career, makes this revised edition the most comprehensive Holmes filmography ever published. WITH A FOREWORD BY STEVEN MOFFAT, CO-CREATOR OF THE BBC SERIES SHERLOCK.

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Sherlock Holmes on Screen : The Complete Film and TV History

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.94 inches

Width: 7.1 inches

Length: 9.05 inches

Weight: 27.9 oz

Pages: 320