''In and Out of Character'' (1962) is the autobiography of renowned Anglo-South African actor Basil Rathbone. The memoir chronicles his journey from the English stage to Hollywood's Golden Age, offering witty insights into his craft and his relationships with other legends like Errol Flynn and Alfred Hitchcock. He is best remembered for his 13 appearances as the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, and fans will be much interested in his remarks on the character with whom he has been so close...

In and Out of Character: An Autobiography by Basil Rathbone He was the man the world loved to fear. With piercing eyes, a voice like tempered steel, and a screen presence that could silence an entire audience, Basil Rathbone became one of Hollywood's most unforgettable figures, immortalized as the definitive Sherlock Holmes and feared as some of cinema's most magnetic villains. But behind the cape, the deerstalker, and the cold aristocratic sneer lay a man of startling depth, tenderness, a...

“Basil Rathbone's book about himself...is better written than most books by or about actors and is more intellectually vigorous...Sherlock Holmes fans will be much interested in his remarks on the character with whom he has been so closely identified.” –Library Journal “Quite naturally full of memories, full of names, full of glimpses of stars of stage and screen of yesterday and today.” –New York Times Book Review

This collection contains twelve amazing detective adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, first came to NBC radio in 1930, starring Richard Gordon. By 1939, Basil Rathbone took over as Holmes, with Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. The duo were simultaneously starring in a very popular series of Sherlock Holmes’ movies for the Fox and Universal studios. By the end of that feature run in the mid 1...

Radio’s greatest sleuths, bar none — here are Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson! Deep voiced Basil Rathbone (with his deerstalker cap and chiseled silhouette) gives his definitive portrayal of Holmes, while Nigel Bruce (Hollywood’s favorite jolly old Englishman) lends support as the delightfully amazed Watson.Venture into the fog and mist of Victorian London for sixteen mind-challenging thrillers. Solve cases of intrigue and blackmail, of missing gems and missing persons, of maharajas and ...

Back in the day radio was the medium; and its message was entertainment!Whatever you craved, radio delivered. Detectives, Mysteries, Westerns, Sci-Fi, Literature.This Golden Age really was crammed full of exciting, thrilling and downright brilliant programmes.These classic radio hours serve up a wide range of genres, stars, stories, and yes, entertainment.Let's jump right in.

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was a radio show which aired in the USA from 1939-1950, most famously starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Episodes from 1939 through 1943 were written or adapted by Edith Meiser from the books of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From 1943 onward, most shows were written or adapted by the team of Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher or Green and Leslie Charteris who replaced Meiser who left the show over her disagreements with a sponso...

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest detective programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, western, sci-fi, drama, and detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen detective episodes, you’ll hear Frank Sinatra ...

Back in the day radio was the medium; and its message was entertainment!Whatever you craved, radio delivered. Detectives, Mysteries, Westerns, Sci-Fi, Literature.This Golden Age really was crammed full of exciting, thrilling and downright brilliant programmes.These classic radio hours serve up a wide range of genres, stars, stories, and yes, entertainment.Let's jump right in.

The renowned Dr. Watson is "now living in retirement in a quiet little cottage," but it wasn't always so. Once, he shared a flat on Baker Street with Sherlock Holmes. In the London fog, a carriage creaked towards them over cobblestone streets -- and somewhere in the night, a mystery demanded a solution!Here comes radio's favorite consulting detective in ten classic episodes starring none other than Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. These tales of Holmes' impeccable deductive skills, seasoned...

Back in the day radio was the medium; and its message was entertainment!Whatever you craved, radio delivered. Detectives, Mysteries, Westerns, Sci-Fi, Literature.This Golden Age really was crammed full of exciting, thrilling and downright brilliant programmes.These classic radio hours serve up a wide range of genres, stars, stories, and yes, entertainment.Let's jump right in.

Gunshots, fist fights, and footsteps in the dark! Come hear crime and mystery, action and suspense with radio's greatest detectives! Ten hours of bracing crime stopping broadcasts bring you Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, The Saint, The Shadow, Johnny Dollar, Bulldog Drummond -- and fourteen more favorites!Vincent Price, Bob Bailey, Basil Rathbone, Howard Duff, Dick Powell, and more star in twenty tales that are hard boiled and heroic, brilliant and bloody.Episodes Include: Barrie Craig, Confi...