How Sherlock Holmes ruined Basil Rathbone’s career He married a socialite and became famous as Sherlock Holmes – but, says David Clayton, the film star’s life was dogged by intrigue 1296 Gift this ...

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Then, in 1939 Rathbone received a phone call from 20th Century Fox that would change the course of his career: it was an offer to play Sherlock Holmes in a big budget version of The Hound of the ...