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Raffles – “A Costume Piece” (1977)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – “A Scandal in Bohemia” (1984)

♦  Anthony Valentine as A.J. Raffles  ♦  Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes  ♦

Some illustrations from "Blackbeard: The Lost Journal" (Brazilian edition "Barba Negra: O Diário Perdido")

Part III

But it was on Ham Common, one of the places which Raffles had mentioned as specially desirable, that I actually found an almost ideal retreat. This was a cottage where I heard, on inquiry, that rooms were to be let in the summer. The landlady, a motherly body, of visible excellence, was surprised indeed at receiving an application for the winter months; but I have generally found that the title of “author,” claimed with an air, explains every little innocent irregularity of conduct or appearance, and even requires something of the kind to carry conviction to the lay intelligence. The present case was one in point, and when I said that I could only write in a room facing north, on mutton chops and milk, with a cold ham in the wardrobe in case of nocturnal inspiration, to which I was liable, my literary character was established beyond dispute. I secured the rooms, paid a month’s rent in advance at my own request, and moped in them dreadfully until the week was up and Raffles due any day. I explained that the inspiration would not come, and asked abruptly if the mutton was New Zealand.

– “An Old Flame”

USSR Film: (1968-1973) The Adventures Of Mowgli

A beautifully animated Jungle Book adaptation that closely follows the original story. I highly recommend watching! It’s on YouTube in English and English-subtitled Russian.