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Jeremy Brett (as Sherlock Holmes)

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I´m currently watching a show about Sherlock Holmes from the 80s and early 90s. I´m also reading Arthur Conan Doyles original stories (finnished about 10 short stories and I´m halfway through "a Study in Scarlet") and I have to say; Jeremy Brett was the best Holmes! I love all of the Incarnations I know. Basil Rathbone, Robert Downey jr., Benedict Cumberbatch - these are brilliant actors who I admire and love to see on screen, playing one of my favourite Characters. However, Jeremy is the one I really see as Holmes while reading the Books. He captured him perfectly. There´s something odd about Holmes. In "the speckled Band" for example, when Miss Stoner explains to Holmes that she´s about to be Married and therefore leaving her Stepfathers Household, Holmes (in the Books as well as on screen, played by Jeremy Brett) almost seems to be disappointet and angry, despite the fact that this would put her out of danger. Disappointment over not getting to solve a puzzle, I believe. While Holmes is surely a righteous man, he´s also addicted to his work. He really can´t handle boredom very well and starts abusing drugs when there isn´t a nice case to keep his hyperactive Brain stimulated. His archenemy isn´t Moriarty, it´s plain boredom. Jeremy Brett portrayed Holmes with all of these flaws, despite his brilliance - and did so with incredible intuition. That is crucial to the Character.

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Some Shades between grey and white got lost in the scan, that is why it looks a little overexposed.
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Eastman Kodak Company
Date Taken
Sep 19, 2013, 10:32:16 PM
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cjnwriter's avatar
Very nice! The hair's great. :)