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Footprints On Film Final Part

30/1/2014

Today we have the sixth and final part to Howard Ostroms essay series "Footprints On Film" - an exmination of the history of "Hound Of The Baskerville adaptions".

The final part takes us from 2008 to present day and covers such entities as the BBC Sherlock version, The Russian version with Igor Petrenko (pictured)
as well as variety of fan film productions on youtube.

Did you miss Parts 1-5? Click here to go back and read them.

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If you enjoyed the essay series or have any comment why not let Howard know directly on twitter @Howardostrom or let us know via the contact form.

Footprints On Film Part 5

29/1/2014

Part 5 of Howard Ostroms essay series "Footprints On Film" takes us through a slew of the 90's animated adaptions of "The Hound Of The Baskerville" and right into the millennium with a succession (or should that be un-succession) of some widely regarded lackluster TV movie attempts.

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Footprints On Film Part 4

28/1/2014

The fourth part to Howard Ostroms essay series "Footprints On Film" takes us from the late 80's to the mid 90's and brings us some more child friendly adaptions of the popular Conan Doyle Novel.

Entries includes Chip and Dales "Pound Of The Baskerville" and even Garfield and friends get in on the act with "The Hound Of The Arbuckle".

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Did you miss parts 1-3? Click here to go to the Diogenes Club Library and check them out.

Footprints On Film Part 3

27/1/2014

Today we have the 3rd part to Howard Ostroms essay series "Footprints On Film" which examines the history of the adaption of "The Hound Of The Baskerville" tale on screen.

Part 3 takes us back to the 80's starting with the 1981 Russian adaption with Vasiliy Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaliy Solomin as Watson, right up to 1988 which saw the release of the feature length Granada episode with Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke (pictured).

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Footprints On Film Part 2

26/1/2014

In part 2 of Howard Ostroms essay series "Footprints On Film" we continue the examination of the history of screen adaptions of "The Hound Of The Baskerville".

Part 2 covers from the mid 50's to late 70's and includes entries on the likes of the BBC's Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock (pictured) and the famous German adaption "Der Hund Von Baskerville".

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Footprints On Film Part 1

24/1/2014

"Footprints?"

"Footprints."
"A man's or a woman's?"
Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant, and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered:
"Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"

Have you ever seen the film "The Hound Of The Baskervilles"?

"Which version?" You might reply. For there are many, but just how many are there exactly? Wonder no more! Because Howard Ostrom is back just 2 days after concluding his previous work "Excellent Fellows From Canada" to start a new 6 part essay series
"Footprints On Film" which examines the film history of the most famous Sherlock Holmes adaption.
Games aFOOT!

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Excellent Fellows From Canada Final Part

23/1/2014

Today we have the 6th part to Howard Ostroms "Excellent Fellows From Canada" essay series.

The final part includes the likes of Andrew Gower, Will Arnett and Colin Skinner.

If you have enjoyed the series or have any thoughts or comments why not let us know via the contact form or by tweeting Howard directly on @HowardOstrom.

Remarkably though this is not the last of Howard's brilliant work for a while. We will soon be starting a brand spanking new essay series "Foot Prints On Film".

What will it entail? If you can't deduce it dont worry - just come back tomorrow and find out!

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For more essays rememeber to check out the Diogenes Club Library.

Excellent Fellows From Canada Part 5

22/1/2014

Today brings us the 5th part to Howard Ostroms essay series "Excellent Fellows From Canada" in The Diogenes Club Library.

The excellent fellows series takes a look at the history of Canadian Sherlock Holmes
actors as well as Holmes productions produced within the country.

Part 5 includes taking a look at the likes of Jason Gray-Stanford (Holmes In "Sherlock Holmes In The 22nd Century").

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Did you miss parts 1-4? Click here to go to the Diogenes Club Library to catch up.

Excellent Fellows From Canada Part 4

21/1/2014

Today we have the fourth part of Howard Ostroms latest brilliant essay series "Excellent Fellows From Canada".

The series examines the history of Canadian Holmes actors and Canadian made Sherlock Holmes films.

Part 4 includes the likes of Matt Frewer (pictured) and Patrick Macnee.

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Did you miss Parts 1-3? Click here to go to the Diogenes Club Library and catch up.

Cold Case

20/1/2014

Today we have a new entry in the Howard Ostrom "Holmes and Watson Autograph Collection" with Bernard Fox and James Cromwell.

Cromwell and Fox played Holmes and Watson respectively in an award winning commercial for BPA's "Cold Facts. Hot Ideas." appliance efficiency promotion campaign in 1986.

Outside of educating the public about fridges, Cromwell has appeared in such major motion pictures as "Babe" as well as "Star Trek First Contact" (Where the autographed card is from).

Fox is perhaps best remembered from TV as the warlock physician Dr. Bombay on "Bewitched" and the inept British Colonel Crittendon on "Hogan's Heros". His autograph is already within the collection for his role as Dr. Watson in the 1972 version of Hound Of The Baskerville with Stewart Granger as Holmes.