The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was an old-time
radio show which aired in the USA from October 2, 1939 to July 7,
1947.
Originally, the show starred Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Together, they starred in 220 episodes
which aired weekly on Mondays from 8:30 to 9:00pm. Bromo Quinine
sponsored some of the earlier programs on the NBC Blue Network and
for a period Parker Pen was the sponsor. The show first aired on
the Blue Network but later moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System.
It was thought that only about 50 episodes were still in existence,
but today well over 150 have been found.
Basil Rathbone's last episode as the famous detective was "The
Singular Affair of the Baconian Cipher." He was eager to separate
himself from the cast type of Holmes, and even though the show's
sponsor Petri Wine offered him generous pay to continue, he decided
to move on. Once he did, the sponsor did as well, and Tom Conway
took the starring role, though Nigel Bruce got top billing and was
always announced first. The new sponsor was Kreml Hair Tonic for
Men, and the new series only lasted 39 episodes.
With Rathbone and Bruce, the show exhibited an interesting introduction.
The sponsor's spokesman would show up weekly at Dr. Watson's house
(then retired and living in California), and share a story about
Sherlock Holmes and his adventures over a glass of Petri wine. This
offered them the chance to sometimes bring in other characters to
contribute to the story, and also gave Watson a chance to summarize
or add additional tidbits at the end.
This collection of Sherlock Holmes Greats includes
199 different shows and appearances for a total of 105+ hours of
listening enjoyment.
This product is a DVD collection of Old Time Radio mp3s. It is
designed to be played on your computer DVD drive with standard mp3
software - like Windows media player or its equivalent on Macintosh
computers. The mp3 files on the DVDs can be copied onto CDs for
play in your car stereo, home entertainment center, etc so you can
take your favorite shows with you anywhere you go.
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