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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

(1939-1946) Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are, to many, the quintessential Holmes and Watson. This 5-disc collection brings all of their 14 films together in one efficient package. The first two films, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), are period pieces set in Victorian England. The subsequent 12 films of the series are moved up to WWII era London, where Holmes battles Nazis and delivers patriotic paeans in WWII era Britain and Bruce became a more befuddled Watson. Features Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942), in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942), Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943), Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943), The Pearl of Death (1944), The Scarlet Claw (1944), The Spider Woman (1944), The House of Fear (1945), The Woman in Green (1945), Pursuit to Algiers (1945), Terror By Night (1946), and Dressed to Kill (1946). The 12 "modern" Holmes films are mastered from prints preserved and restored by the UCLA film archive and include the original studio logo, credits, and war bonds tag. 5 discs in a digipak.