Adventures of Sherlock Holmes features Basil Rathborne on DVD

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) is the second in the series of the 14 Sherlock Holmes movies that were made from 1939 - 1946. The film stars Basil Rathbone as the legendary Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes will be released by MPI Home Video on both DVD and VHS on Tuesday, April 27.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was based on a play by William Gillette entitled, "Hemlock Holmes." Set in 1890's London (future films would be set in modern times), the movie opens in a courtroom where a jury has just acquitted Professor Mortally, the 'Napoleon of crime' (George Zucco) of murder. Holmes bursts into the courtroom with new …