MPI Media Group

Library Bookwatch, Jan, 2005

MPI Media Group

16101 SD. 108th Avenue, Orland Park, IL 60467

www.mpimedia.com

Two outstanding classic DVD sets are recommended gift picks for any fan of movies and classic TV. The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes DVD Collection (0788-606050, $39.98) gathers six episodes starting Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Harwicke as Dr. John Watson. Episodes include The Three Gables, Dying Detective, Golden Pnice-Nez, Red Circle, Mazarin Stone and Cardboard Box, and extra features include commentary with screenwriter Jeremy Paul and Holmes expert David Start Davies, production notes and more. An outstanding gift choice for any avid Sherlock fan. Fans of the old-time TV series Dark Shadows will welcome the Dark Shadows DVD Collection 14, offering complete episodes plus bonus interviews in a 4-DVD set. Jonathan Fried stars in these classics, which earned a huge base of followers in its time which continues to this day--and interviews with key actors rounds out the episode-packed set. As many will have missed at least some of the episodes, their presentation all together will thrill any Dark Shadows fan. And if they love this one, don't miss Dark Shadows DVD Collection 15: 40 complete episodes set in the year 1897 when Magda the gypsy hopes to end the werewolf curse she placed on Quentin Collins. Interviews with actors David Selby, Michael Stroka and more pack in further Dark Shadows classics from the TV production. If your gift person has missed episodes in past, give 'em this combined package for a full flavor. If it's more literary detective work which is enjoyed, you won't go wrong with A Touch Of Frost Season 4, a gathering of British detective classics from one of Britain's longest-running detective series. Frost is a small-town Sherlock Holmes in disguise as he solves typical problems ranging from robbery to murder.