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• Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series (2010) Ronald Howard (Actor), Howard Marion (Actor), Various (Director) | Rated: NR | Format: DVD
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Ronald Howard, Howard Marion | | Director:
| Various | | Format:
| Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 3 | | Studio:
| Mill Creek Entertainment | | Run Time:
| 1170 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 01, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
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107 of 107 found the following review helpful:
Elementary, my dear Watson . . . this is the DVD set to getMar 08, 2006
By Robert Huggins
After numerous DVD releases of random episodes from this delightful 1954-55 series, Mill Creek Entertainment finally brings us all 39 episodes in a single collection. The episodes are not restored, i.e., the prints have scratches and blemishes from time-to-time, and there is noticeable audio hiss. However, they're still very watchable and enjoyable and I found them to be of somewhat better quality than the Madacy volumes that are also sold at Amazon (10 and 20 episode collections). Because of their comparatively short running times (the shows were produced for a 30 minute time slot), the mysteries really never get too complex . . . I like to call this series Sherlock Holmes "lite." It's the great period flavor (the production design is superior for a television show from the mid-1950s), and the interaction of the three lead actors, Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes, H. Marion Crawford as Dr. Watson and Archie Duncan as Inspector Lestrade that make this show an entertaining view. The only bonus item on this DVD set is the "generic" Christopher Lee introduction that's seen at the beginning of each disc and has previously appeared on the Madacy collections (they're not "all new introductions" as the cover art suggests).
Bottom line: While one wishes that this series would get the full restoration treatment, that's unlikely to happen, and this release certainly isn't for the "high definition" crowd. But this attempt to collect all of the series' episodes in a single DVD set, in correct broadcast order, is praiseworthy, and the "icing on the cake" is Amazon's comparatively bargain price for 39 episodes of an entertaining, early television series. Recommended.
194 of 201 found the following review helpful:
 An extremely rare find, worth owning :-)Jan 21, 2006
By Eric Pregosin
Since Amazon did not have a picture of this item at the time this review was originally written, and the "marketplace client" who was selling it for next to nothing did not respond to my email for 2 weeks where I requested to know if this set is what I NOW know it is, being the "Sherlockian" I am, I did some "reason by deduction" and bought this set new from BBC America on January 14th, they shipped it on the 17th from near Philly, and it was handed to me by a UPS man as I walked into my building coming home from work on the 18th (despite their claim it would take 10-14 days to get to me). So now I can review it for y'all. This is a 5 dvd set of a 39 half hour b/w series syndicated during the 1954-1955 tv season. It stars Ronald Howard (son of Leslie NOT Ron "Happy Days" Howard) as Holmes and Howard (billed by his first initial "H" so not to be confused with his costar's last name) Marion Crawford as Watson. Some of the stories are based on actual Doyle stories, but most are not. They are still very entertaining. I called this "a rare find" because to the best of my knowledge this is the only dvd set of the FULL series. The only other time I saw a complete copy was a 10 VHS set many moons ago (thank God now I didn't buy it). A number of inexpensive DVD manufacturers offer it installments, the best being Alpha Video's 4 episode per disc copies that (as of my last birthday in 2005) have only released 7 discs for a total of 28 episodes, and another set of 5 discs I saw at Best Buy for the same 20 bucks I bought this for with only 20. (Update: there's yet another incomplete set coming out now (November 2006: 27 episodes for 10 bucks). So this could very well be the only complete version out there. Now for you technical geniuses out there here's the ups and downs.
The good side: 1) As I said all 39 episodes of this rare series are in here at 8 episodes a disc except disc 5 which has 7. 2)On the disc labels and the back of the jacket is a list of all the names of the episodes and their original air date (that's US air date not England).
The bad side: 1)There are no "chapter stops" during individual episodes. If you go from 1 segment (chapter) to another on these discs, you start another episode (as MPI does with Classic Dark Shadows, not that I mind since they are only half hour shows). 2) The "Red Headed League" episode has a hiccup in it where you hear Holmes read a line of Jabez Wilson's ad twice. So therefore they are not PERFECTLY remastered. My guess is they made this set from a set of par for the course tapes made from kinescope which (again like Dark Shadows) could not be repaired without cutting the episode (you'd think Mill Creek would be nice like MPI and put a mesage about this on screen, so you are "warned" in advance". 3) The "intros" by Christopher Lee mentioned on the cover are not what you would expect. Rather than 39 intros dedicated to each episode, it is 1 intro of him saying how much he thought it was one of the best roles he played, and then proceeds with a general description of Holmes as written by Doyle (in the first person as Watson in the books). This same intro appears at the beginning of ALL 5 discs. Personally, with all due respect to the I hope someday "Sir Christopher", once is enough for this set.
All in all, it is still a good set. Not quite what one expect if you grew up watching the Rathbone/Bruce movies from the 40s (I have all of them on MPI discs) or the Granada/PBS series from the mid 80s to the 90s with Brett and Burke (and later Hardwicke) (I have those too), but still a nice series and hard to get all at one time for a great price.
70 of 70 found the following review helpful:
The master sleuth as seen on TV, 1954-55Apr 27, 2007
By Annie Van Auken
The SHERLOCK HOLMES TV series was an American-made program, filmed in France. The show originally aired from October 18, 1954 to October 17, 1955. Regular cast members were Ronald Howard (son of Leslie) as Holmes, Howard Marion-Crawford played Dr. Watson, and Archie Duncan was Inspector LeStrade. Additionally, a company of regulars made frequent appearances, each time as different characters. There were occasional guest stars as well, like Paulette Goddard and Natalie Schafer.
This MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT box set of 5 DVDs runs 19.5 hours, and includes all 39 original installments. The following in-order program list provides original airdates and supporting actors for each episode.
(_#1) The Case of the Cunningham Heritage (10/18/54) - Ursula Howells/Roland Bartrop
(_#2) The Case of Lady Beryl (10/25/54) - Paulette Goddard/Peter Copley
(_#3) The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun (11/1/54) - Maurice Teynac/Frank Dexter
(_#4) The Case of the Texas Cowgirl (11/8/54) - Richard Larke/Lucille Vines
(_#5) The Case of the Belligerent Ghost (11/15/54) - Lou Van Burg/Gertrude Flynn
(_#6) The Case of the Shy Ballerina (11/22/54) - Natalie Schafer/Eugene Deckers
(_#7) The Case of the Winthrop Legend (11/29/54) - Ivan Desny/Peter Copley
(_#8) The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff (12/6/54) - Eugene Deckers/Grégoire Aslan
(_#9) The Case of Harry Crocker (12/6/54) - Eugene Deckers/Harry Towb
(#10) The Mother Hubbard Case (12/20/54) - Amy Dalby/Delphine Seyrig
(#11) The Case of the Red-Headed League (12/27/54) - Alexander Gauge/Colin Drake
(#12) The Case of the Shoeless Engineer (1/3/55) - June Shelley/David Oxley
(#13) The Case of the Split Ticket (1/10/54) - Harry Towb/Margaret Russell
(#14) The Case of the French Interpreter (1/17/55) - Charles Brodie/Bob Cunningham
(#15) The Case of the Singing Violin (1/24/55) - Arnold Bell/Delphine Seyring
(#16) The Case of the Greystone Inscription (1/31/55) - Eric Micklewood/Martina Mayne
(#17) The Case of the Laughing Mummy (2/7/55) - Barry Mackay/June Shelley
(#18) The Case of the Thistle Killer (2/14/55) - Richard Larke/Richard Watson
(#19) The Case of the Vanished Detective (2/21/55) - Richard Larke/Cecil Brock
(#20) The Case of the Careless Suffragette (2/28/55) - Richard Larke/Dawn Addams
(#21) The Case of the Reluctant Carpenter (3/7/55) - Pierre Gay/Roland Bartrop
(#22) The Case of the Deadly Prophecy (3/14/55) - Nicole Courcel/Jacques François
(#23) The Christmas Pudding (4/4/55) - Eugene Deckers/June Rodney
(#24) The Night Train Riddle (4/11/55) - Roberta Haynes/James Doran
(#25) The Case of the Violent Suitor (4/18/55) - Eric Micklewood/Brookes Kyle
(#26) The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids (4/25/55) - Roger Tréville/Yves Brainville
(#27) The Case of the Perfect Husband (3/2/55) - Michael Gough/Richard Larke
(#28) The Case of the Jolly Hangman (5/9/55) - Alvys Maben/Philip Leaver
(#29) The Case of the Imposter Mystery (5/16/55) - Richard Larke/Basil Dignam
(#30) The Case of the Eiffel Tower (5/23/55) - Martine Alexis/Sacha Pitoëff
(#31) The Case of the Exhumed Client (5/30/55) - Alvys Maben/Alan Adair
(#32) The Case of the Impromtu Performance (6/6/55) - Richard Larke/Patrick Shelley
(#33) The Case of the Baker Street Bachelors (6/20/55) - Alvys Maben/Pénélope Portrait
(#34) The Case of the Royal Murder (6/27/55) - Lise Bourdin/Jacques Dacqmine
(#35) The Case of the Haunted Gainsborough (7/4/55) - Cleo Rose/John Buckmaster
(#36) The Case of the Neurotic Detective (7/11/55) - Richard Larke/Russ Caprio
(#37) The Case of the Unlucky Gambler (7/18/55) - Richard Larke/Richard O'Sullivan
(#38) The Case of the Diamond Tooth (9/19/55) - Roland Bartrop/Charles Brodie
(#39) The Case of the Tyrant's Daughter (10/17/55) - Basil Dignam/Zach Matalon
22 of 22 found the following review helpful:
 Get the 5 Disc set, NOT the 3 Disc setMar 19, 2010
By S. A. Hildebrand
"S. A. Hildebrand"
I give this three stars after considering all aspects of this release. Individually, it breaks down like this:
The series itself - 5 enthusiastic stars.
This is such a wonderful series. I must confess that Ronald Howard's take on Holmes is not the most accurate to the books, but he is certainly the most likable. He has a charm that is absent in virtually every other rendition of the great detective, Rathbone included. Again, it's this very charm that makes his Holmes less than accurate. But many will prefer this. Crawford is easily my favorite Watson. He does a spot on job in his portrayal. The series manages to include many of Doyle's original stories. The supporting cast is an interesting subject as many actors appear numerous times in different roles throughout the series. Lestrade is well cast and is played quite humorously as he is in the original short stories, and he takes the place of any other inspectors that were mentioned in the books. Production values show that there wasn't a lot of money to put into this American production that was filmed in France (I know, that's a weird one). However, the sets are convincing and never distracting. All in all, it remains my favorite incarnation of my favorite fictional character. I highly recommend it to any Holmes fan.
The 3 Disc Mill Creek DVD Release - 1 Star
Mill Creek previously released this in a 5 disc set. One must be forgiving of the overall quality of these episodes as they appear to be mastered from very poor taped TV masters. I don't know this to be the case, but it appears to be. But I do not give this release a 1 star rating based on the source material. My rating is based on the terrible decision made by Mill Creek Entertainment to re-release this in a highly compressed 3 disc set. This set has 13 episodes on each of the three discs (the previous 5 disc release only had 8 episodes per disc - an acceptable number for 25 minute episodes on a dual-layer disc). These episodes have very obvious digital macro-blocking (the image tends to look digitized throughout, like low quality internet flash videos), and the audio is equally compressed and sounds tinny. I've compared this release to the 5 disc earlier release, and none of these problems are present on the previous release.
Bottom Line:
Any Sherlock Holmes fan should have this series. However, you should avoid this three disc release and seek out the five disc release as it is clearly superior. Very likely, this series will never look very good, but you DO have options. Weigh them carefully. It's really an elementary decision.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 The Case Of InferioritySep 12, 2010
By AstroBoy
Apparently most of the positive reviews for this set are based upon the previous 5 disc release by Mill Creek rather than the 3 disc release by Mill Creek as being reviewed here. Sherlock Holmes would likely call this "The Case Of Inferiority" relative to the overall quality of the video and audio. The video quality is ghastly as is the audio quality. A rating of 1 out of 5 is much too generous for this disappointing release of a wonderful series. Two of the three discs will not play at all while the third freezes and goes back to the root menu. Potential purchasers of the 3 disc set are advised to carefully consider the lower ratings by other reviewers prior to making the decision to purchase.
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