I didn't get a chance to participate in the Sherlock Holmes topic yesterday, but I've said it before that I ADORE the character and always enjoy seeing Holmes in his many incarnations even if the films are some thing less than wonderful.
Basil Rathbone is certainly my favorite Holmes without a doubt, and I agree that THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is a wonderful, atmospheric film, one of the best ever for the character. My favorite of his Universal modern period was THE HOUSE OF FEAR though THE SCARLET CLAW is certainly right up there and SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH was also super entertaining.
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES that DR Michael Shayne was talking about yesterday with William Shatner was actually a pilot episode for an ABC anthology mystery series (they were trying to ape the successful NBC Mystery Movie franchise) that never got off the ground. Shatner played Stapleton in that adaptation, and Stewart Granger was Holmes with Bernard Fox as Watson. It was made on the cheap, but I've always longed to see it again. I hope to stumble across it one of these days.
Of the non-Rathbone features, I like best HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES with Peter Cushing. I enjoyed A STUDY IN TERROR the one time I've seen it, but that was many years ago, and my memories are vague. MURDER BY DECREE (also about Jack the Ripper) was entertaining but featured lots of blood.