Basil Rathbone Zanuck at Lucey's Restaurant in Hollywood, proposed a film version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles". When asked who could possibly play Holmes, Markey incredulously replied, ""Who?!" Basil Rathbone!" The film was so successful that Fox produced a sequel which appeared later in 1939. Interest in Holmes cooled at Fox, but Universal Pictures picked up the character, and twelve feature films were made between 1941 and 1944 for release until 1947, all of which co-starred Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. The first two films, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (both
Sherlock Holmes (video game series) The games are a commercial success. The series has sold 4 million copies on PC alone as of 2012. Sherlock Holmes (video game series) Sherlock Holmes is a series of adventure games developed by Frogwares. The game is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson. While the franchise is based on "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", each game has an original plot and storyline. Each game in the series lets the player control Holmes or Dr. Watson from either a first-person or third-person perspective. This