{"product_id":"curse-of-sherlock-holmes","title":"Curse Of Sherlock Holmes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBasil Rathbone is synonymous with Sherlock Holmes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe 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 \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e Holmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBasil Rathbone grew to hate Sherlock Holmes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe character placed restrictions on his career: before Holmes he was an esteemed theatre actor, appearing in Broadway plays such as \u003cem\u003eThe Captive\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Swan\u003c\/em\u003e, the latter of which became his launchpad to greater stardom. But he never, ever escaped his most famous role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBasil Rathbone was not Sherlock Holmes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Curse of Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314745680254,"sku":"NW9780750997478","price":11.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780750997478.jpg?v=1778714287","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/curse-of-sherlock-holmes","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}