Basil Rathbone is synonymous with Sherlock Holmes.He played the
Victorian sleuth in the fourteen Fox/Universal films of the 1930s and
'40s, as well as on stage and radio. For many people, he is the
Holmes.Basil Rathbone grew to hate Sherlock Holmes.The character placed
restrictions on his career: before Holmes he was an esteemed theatre
actor, appearing in Broadway plays such as The Captive and The Swan, the
latter of which became his launchpad to greater stardom. But he never,
ever escaped his most famous role.Basil Rathbone was not Sherlock
Holmes.In The Curse of Sherlock Holmes, celebrated biographer David
Clayton looks at the behind-the-camera life of a remarkable man who
deserved so much more than to be relegated to just one role.