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Over the weekend TCM of satellite had a Sherlock Holmes weekend, all the old Bazil Rathbone Black and white movies. To me Bazil was the best Sherlock ever, and I still watch these old black and white offerings when they appear

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Himself spent all the weekend watching these old black and white films.
I hate them............I was close to ending it all with a fruit spoon by the end of the weekend.
Thank god for Call the Midwife it was the only thing that gave me the will to live.

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It a close run thing but for me Jeremy Brett wins hands down as "The" definitive Holmes.:bleedht:http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/us...s-emoticon.gif

Haven't seen the more recent versions that have been on TV in the UK or the Robert Downey Jr /Jude law cinema versions - the latter seems to be very "Hollywood" and probably not my cup of tea.

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Basil Rathbone, simply brilliant.....however Benedict Cumberbatch does a darn good job of a modern day version.
The two are interchangeable, I cannot decide between either....

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I thought all the films were in black and white (and silent) when you were young! :-)

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Oi! Michael.........I'm older than you, but not that old.:D

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I'm a cheeky boy!

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Ya your avatar points that out Michael:D

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Can't say I had noticed. :)

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Don't you like any b/w films Margaret? must say I prefer some of them to the modern stuff...

However I'm not keen on Sherlock Holmes at all in any guise whoever the actors.

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Oh I don't mind some fo the black and white films Passport to Pimlico springs to mind....Kind Hearts and Coronets, Spring and Port Wine, Hobson's Choice. A Winslow Boy all damn fine entertainment......but not Sherlock Holmes....I hate those films, but himself loves 'em. Hence the torturous weekend. I wouldn't care but the majority of them he watched on the back of his eyelids

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Hey Margaret, if you don't like B&W films then you can never watch Casablanca again! EVER! ;-)

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Citizen Kane? Dr. Strangelove? Young Frankenstein? I could go on... and I usually do!

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MoreJoe...if you read my post, which you obviously didn't, you would know that I don't dislike all Black and White films....just the Sherlock Holmes crap.........and Casablanca isn't one of my favourites either....or the Maltese Falcon.

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Who ever plays Sherlock, I don't think any body has ever taken the mantle of Watson quite like Nigel Bruce, he made that part his own and he and Bazil compliment each other very well