Basil Rathbone Tank Tops

Another great illustration from renowned artist Paul Cemmick's Movie Stars Collection

The Basil Rathbone The Hound Of The Baskervilles design is inspired by Sidney Lanfield's 1939 adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic The Hound Of The Baskervilles starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.

Son Of Frankenstein - Basil Rathbone - Monster Madness.

In a radio interview Rathbone recalled that Twentieth Century-Fox producer and director Gene Markey, lunching with producer-director-actor Gregory Ratoff and 20th Century-Fox mogul Daryl Zanuck at Lucey's Restaurant in Hollywood, proposed a film version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. When asked who could possibly play Holmes, Markey incredulously replied, "Who?! Basil Rathbone!" An English actor widely considered to be the definitive Holmes of his era. Basil Rathbone’s portrayal of Sherlock Holmes is so empowering and inspirational for both children and adults on film. Like countless admirers of Sherlock Holmes throughout the world, We see him as an instantly recognizable icon.

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Tower Of London - 1939 Film Release Promotional Poster. The film featured Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Vincent Price.

The Sherlock Holmes And The Spider Woman Design is inspired by the 1943 mystery film starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. The seventh in a series of Universal Holmes movies featuring Rathbone and Bruce, Sherlock Holmes And The Spider Woman features elements from numerous original Conan Doyle stories including The Sign Of The Four, The Final Problem and The Adventure of the Devil's Foot, but with the setting updated to the then present day rather than the original Victorian setting.

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The Game Is Afoot!

The classic follow-up to "Bride Of Frankenstein."

Sherlock Holmes - Basil Rathbone

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Arthur Conan Doyle created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 when he published a Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 – 28 January 1908) was a British illustrator of the Victorian era, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand Magazine. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle revived the Sherlock Holmes series with The Hound of the Baskervilles, serializedVictorian era in The Strand in 1901–02, he specifically requested that Paget be the illustrator.

Boris Karloff as Mord The Executioner in the 1939 Universal release, Tower Of London. The film also stars Basil Rathbone and Vincent Price.

Sherlock himself, Rathbone style.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 14 October 1892; the individual stories had been serialized in The Strand Magazine between July 1891 and June 1892. The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view.

Sherlock Holmes by Alex Arshansky

An ink portrait of Basil Rathbone in Son of Frankenstein (1939).

Picture a Sleuth— a regal, brilliant obsessive-compulsive high on the drug of puzzles and snooping around a crime-scene, collecting his information. He observes countless details about the scene and the victim. Many of which the police seem to have overlooked and then from that information arrives at a conclusion that is not necessarily true, but is probable based on the information available. So why is he known as a master of deduction? Deductive reasoning is also known as ‘top-down’ logic, where the reasoner begins with an accepted premise and seeks to prove another statement based on previously “known” information.

The Court Jester - Danny Kaye - Angela Lansbury - Glynis Johns - Basil Rathbone

The sleuth of Baker Street is timeless. It has been over 100 years since the first story featuring Holmes was published in 1887's A Study in Scarlet. The character and stories have had a profound and lasting effect on mystery writing and popular culture as a whole. We love to revisit the old stories just as much (if not more) than we like coming up with new stories. We love translating Sherlock Holmes into every medium we’ve had in that span theater, radio, movies, TV, comics, everything. Holmes has been at home on television since 1950. As television has changed, we have come up with a Holmes for that era. It’s hard to count just how many adaptations of Sherlock Holmes there have been because of so many have used elements of the detective.

Sherlock Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard.

Rathbone and Bruce are the classic Holmes and Watson. Others have played the roles admirably and Bruce is often criticised for his bumbling Dr. Watson, but it's their off-screen friendship and the chemistry of Rathbone and Bruce that seeps through the celluloid and adds real flesh to the characters.

Conan Doyle repeatedly said that Holmes was inspired by the real-life figure of Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, whom Conan Doyle met in 1877 and had worked for as a clerk. Like Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing broad conclusions from minute observations.

The Court Jester - Danny Kaye - Angela Lansbury - Glynis Johns - Basil Rathbone - with "vessel/pestle, chalice/palace and flagon/dragon" text.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are the ORIGINAL partners-in-crimefighting, Once again the game is afoot…Let's Picture a Sleuth— a regal, brilliant obsessive-compulsive high on the drug of puzzles — snooping around a crime-scene, collecting his information. He observes countless details about the scene and the victim (many of which the police seem to have overlooked) and then from that information arrives at a conclusion. After a mysterious death in the Baskerville family, Sir Henry Baskerville inherits the family fortune… As well as the family curse. Sir Henry calls upon the help of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to help solve the mystery and break the curse. Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms. As a graphic designer, Peter Melonas is deeply passionate about Sherlock Holmes. As a freelance illustrator, he is thrilled to present a unique opportunity for you to step into the world of the Great Detective of 221B Baker Street. It’s Art for art's sake that is perfect for fans of the Sherlock Holmes series and those who appreciate a pop art style. Art is too important not to share.

Digital Art of Sherlock Holmes

Original FAMOUS WEIRDOS Art.

Original FAMOUS WEIRDOS Art.

Financial difficulties lead Holmes and Dr. Watson to share rooms together at 221B Baker Street, London. Their residence is maintained by their landlady, Mrs. Hudson. Holmes works as a detective for twenty-three years, with Watson assisting him for seventeen of those years. Most of the stories are frame narratives written from Watson's point of view, as summaries of the detective's most interesting cases. Holmes frequently calls Watson's records of Holmes's cases sensational and populist, suggesting that they fail to accurately and objectively report the "science" of his craft."

Sherlock Holmes, who first appeared in publication in 1887, was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. Holmes worked as a detective for twenty-three years, with physician John Watson assisting him for seventeen. They were roommates before Watson's 1888 marriage and again after his wife's death. Their residence is maintained by their landlady, Mrs. Hudson. Most of the stories are frame narratives, written from Watson's point of view as summaries of the detective's most interesting cases. Holmes frequently calls Watson's writing sensational and populist, suggesting that it fails to accurately and objectively report the "science" of his craft.

Original FAMOUS WEIRDOS Art.