Sherlock Holmes on the Screen

Of all fictional characters in film and literature, perhaps the one that has endured the longest is that of Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed supersleuth, Sherlock Holmes – “the world’s only consulting detective.” The screen versions of the Sherlock Holmes character date back to 1900, and have included some of the best-loved mystery film series of all time, from the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce films