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“Today's payslip has more deductions than a Sherlock Holmes novel.”
— Basil Rathbone


Arthur Conan Doyle [1859-1930] Page
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle entry at Wikipedia
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Sherlock Holmes entry at Wikipedia
Sherlock Holmes character credits at Internet Movie Database

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Sherlock Holmes File book by Michael Pointer  "The Sherlock Holmes File: The Many Personae of Sherlock Holmes On Stage, In Film, and In Advertising" [1976]
by Michael Pointer

Random House / Clarkson N. Potter hardcover [1/99] out of print/used
David & Charles, PLC hardcover [9/76] out of print/used
Holmes at the Movies book by David Stuart Davies  "Holmes At The Movies: The Screen Career of Sherlock Holmes" [1977]
by David Stuart Davies

Bramhall House hardcover [1978] out of print/many used
New English Library hardcover [2/77] out of print/used
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle At The Cinema book by Scott Allen Nollen  "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle At The Cinema: A Critical Study of The Film Adaptations" [1996]
by Scott Allen Nollen, Foreword by Nicholas Meyer

McFarland & Co. pb [12/2004] for $35.00
McFarland & Co. 9½x6 library hardcover [12/96] for $48.50
Sherlock Holmes On Screen book by Alan Barnes  "Sherlock Holmes On Screen: The Complete Film & TV History" [2001]
by Alan Barnes

Reynolds & Hearn 9x7 pb [4/2007] for $22.76
Reynolds & Hearn 9¼x7 hardcover [3/2004] out of print/used
Sherlock Holmes Master Detective on Screen book by David Stuart Davies  "Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of The Master Detective On Screen"
[2003] by David Stuart Davies, Foreword by Ian Richardson

Titan Books 11½x9¾ hardcover [10/2007] for $26.60
England's Secret Weapon book by Amanda J. Field   "England's Secret Weapon: The Wartime Films of Sherlock Holmes" [2009]
by Amanda J. Field

Middlesex Univ Press 8½x5¼ pb [5/2009] for $14.40
Sherlock Holmes & the Fabulous Faces book by Michael Hoey  "Sherlock Holmes & the Fabulous Faces: The Universal Pictures Repertory Company" [2011] by Michael A. Hoey
Author Hoey is the son of the actor who played LeStrade at Universal; the book chronicles the 68 members of the revolving 'repertory company' at Universal used by director Roy William Neill and others
BearManor Media 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $19.95
publisher's official book page

Holmes film books page at Baker Street Dozen

Sherlock Holmes Classic Themes soundtrack CD   "Sherlock Holmes: Classic Themes From 221B Baker Street
(Television & Film Score Anthology)" [1996]

Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [6/96] 16 tracks - out of prodn/used
16 tracks performed by John Addison, James Bernard, Bruce Broughton,
Patrick Gowers (2), Henry Mancini, Cyril Mockridge (4), Miklos Rozsa,
John Scott, Frank Skinner (2), Stephen Sondheim & Malcolm Williamson


                      

Major Actors on Stage & Screen

John Barrymore [1882-1942] in 1922 lost silent film

Jeremy Brett [1933-95] {as Holmes on BBC-TV}

Nigel Bruce [1895-1953] {as Watson on film and radio}

David Burke [b. 1934] {as Watson on BBC-TV}

Howard Marion-Crawford [1914-69] {as Watson on TV}

Benedict Cumberbatch {as Holmes on TV}

Peter Cushing [1913-94]]

Robert Downey, Jr. {as Holmes}

Martin Freeman {as Watson on TV}

John Gielgud [1904-2000] {as Holmes on radio}

Edward Hardwicke [1932-2011] {as Watson on BBC-TV}

Ronald Howard [1918-96] {as Holmes on TV}

Jude Law {as Watson}

Christopher Lee [b. 1922]

Alan Napier [1903-88] {as Holmes on TV, 1949}

Eille Norwood {real name Anthony Edward Brett} [1861-1948] in 47 silent films

Basil Rathbone [1892-1967] on film and radio

Ralph Richardson [1902-83] {as Watson on radio}

Alfred Shirley [?-??] {as Watson on radio}
http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=59968

John Stanley [?-??] {as Holmes on radio}

Nigel Stock [1919-86] {as Watson}

Orson Welles [1915-85] {as Moriarty on radio}


                      

Video & DVD Collections

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - 10 feature films on DVD  "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: 10 Movies on 3 DVDs" box set [2005]
St. Clair Ent. DVD set [3/2005] 3 disks - out of prodn/used
includes 10 Sherlock Holmes feature films: "A Study In Scarlet" [1933]; "Dressed To Kill" [1946]; "Murder At The Baskervilles" [1937]; "Sherlock Holmes and The Deadly Necklace" [1962] starring Christopher Lee; "Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon" [1943]; "The Sign of Four" [1932]; "The Speckled Band" [1931] starring Raymond Massey; "Terror By Night" [1946]; "The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes" [1935] starring Arthur Wontner & Ian Fleming; and "The Woman In Green" [1945] — plus bonus documentaries "About Sherlock Holmes" & "Arthur Conan Doyle Bio", and a 1939 half-hour radio episode
Sherlock Holmes Complete Series  "Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series" on DVD [2005]
Mill Creek Ent. b&w DVD [9/2005] all 39 episodes on 5 disks for $4.99
series credits from IMDb
39 half-hour episodes of the British tv series of 1954-55 also known as "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"; starring Ronald Howard {as Holmes} and Howard Marion Crawford {as Watson}, featured actors include Dawn Addams, Charles Brodie, Richard Larke, Alvys Maben & Delphine Seyrig
Madacy b&w VHS [9/97] 20 episodes on 10 tapes - out of prodn/used
Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection DVD box set  "The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection" on DVD [2006] & on Blu-ray [2011]
M.P.I. Home Video Blu-ray box set [3/2011] 5 disks for $96.99
M.P.I. Home Video DVD box set [6/2006] 5 disks for $75.99
includes 14 b&w feature films starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce: "The Hound of The Baskervilles" [1939] co-starring Richard Greene & Wendy Barrie; "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" [1939]; "Sherlock Holmes and The Voice of Terror" [1942]; "Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon" [1943] co-starring Lionel Atwill & Dennis Hoey; "Sherlock Holmes In Washington" [1943]; "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death" [1943] co-starring Dennis Hoey; "The Spider Woman" [1944] co-starring Dennis Hoey; "The Scarlet Claw" [1944]; "The Pearl of Death" [1944] co-starring Dennis Hoey; "The House of Fear" [1945] co-starring Dennis Hoey; "The Woman In Green" [1945]; "Pursuit To Algiers" [1945]; "Terror By Night" [1946] co-starring Dennis Hoey & Alan Mowbray; and "Dressed To Kill" [1946]

Sherlock Holmes Definitive Collection on DVD  "Sherlock Holmes Definitive Collection: Mystery, Scandal & Crime" DVD set [2007]
St. Clair Vision b&w/color DVD [6/2007] 6 disks - out of prodn/used
includes the same 10 feature films as the St. Clair 2005 pack (blue, below} plus 27 tv episodes; bonuses include the same 2 doumentaries "About Sherlock Holmes" & "Arthur Conan Doyle Bio", Sherlock Holmes poster gallery, four Sherlock Holmes trailers, and two ½-hour radio episodes.
Recommendation: Since the tv episodes are incomplete on this set, purchase instead St. Clair's 10-movie pack - new/used and Mill Creek's 39-episode set of the tv series for $4.99

"Sherlock Holmes: The Archive Collection" DVD Box Sets
Sherlock Holmes Archive Collection DVD box sets   Each set is rather a mix of classic & obscure Holmesian films
Volume 1: Synergy Ent. DVD-R [10/2009] 3 disks for $19.99
contains two silent short films and ten sound features, shorts & cartoons: "The Copper Beeches" [France 1912 silent] with Georges Treville as Holmes; "The Man With The Twisted Lip" [1921 silent] with Eille Norwood as Holmes; "The Limejuice Mystery" British one-reel comedy [1930]; "The Sleeping Cardinal (Sherlock Holmes's Fatal Hour)" [1931] with Arthur Wontner; "The Strange Case of Hennessy" [1933 comedy short]; "Lost in Limehouse" two-reel burlesque [1933]; "The Case of The Screaming Bishop" cartoon short [Columbia 1944]; "The Adventure of The Speckled Band" [1949 TV] with Alan Napier as Holmes; "The Man Who Disappeared" [1951] British TV episode with John Longden as Holmes; "A Case of Hypnosis" [1952 comedy short] starring chimps Prof. Lightskull & Doc Twiddle; "The Sting of Death" [1955] TV episode of "The Elgin Hour" starring Boris Karloff; and a non-Holmes bonus "The General's Boots" [1954] TV episode of "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" with Basil Rathbone
Volume 2: Synergy Ent. DVD-R [11/2010] 3 disks for $19.99
contains 7 silent films and one sound feature film, other surprises: "Sherlock Holmes Baffled" [1903 silent clip]; "The Mystery of The Leaping Fish"
[1916 silent] starring Douglas Fairbanks; "The Dying Detective" [1921 silent] with Eille Norwood as Holmes; "The Devil's Foot" [1921 silent] with Eille Norwood; "The Mysterious Mystery" [1924 silent] with the 'Our Gang' kids; "Mutt & Jeff: Slick Sleuths" cartoon [1926 silent]; "Felix the Cat in Sure-Locked Homes" cartoon [1928 silent]; original screen test of Nigel Bruce (1934); 1939 "Sherlock Holmes" radio show with Rathbone & Bruce; rare Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce photos, 1939-46; 1940s Sherlock Holmes theatrical trailers; "Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon"
[1942] with Rathbone & Bruce, and redundant version "Sherlock Holmes y La Mira Secreta"; "Inside India" comedy short [1951] starring chimps Prof. Lightskull & Doc Twiddle; "Sherlock Holmes' First Cases" [1954] three TV episodes with Ronald Howard as Holmes; "The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache" animated short [1965] by Charles & Ray Eames; and "The Mystery of The Willing Victims" cartoon [1981]

"Sherlock Holmes: The Archive Collection, Volumes 1 & 2"
Synergy Ent. DVD-R [10/2011] 6 disks for $39.99


Granada TV Series with Jeremy Brett
The general consensus is that Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in these 41 episodes over
11 years is perhaps the best filmed version of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, and David Burke
was perfect casting as Dr. Watson (replaced later in the run by equally-talented Edward Hardwicke)

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"Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes:
The Complete Granada Television Series"

[Granada/I.T.V. 1984-94]
Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes 12 disk DVD box set  All 41 episodes from 1984 to 1994 on 12 disks; contains "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" [13 episodes, 1984-85], "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" [11 episodes, 1986-88], "The Sign of Four" feature-length TV movie [Nov 1987], "The Hound of The Baskervilles" feature-length TV movie [Aug 1988], "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" [9 episodes, 1991-1993], and "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" [6 episodes, 1994]
M.P.I. Home Ent. color DVD set [9/2007] 12 disks for $134.99
— versus the sum of $208 if purchased separately (six sets on 18 disks)
series entry at Wikipedia

Jeremy Brett [1933-95]: IMDb listingWikipedia

David Burke [b. 1934]: IMDb listingWikipedia

Edward Hardwicke [1932-2011]: IMDb listingWikipedia

"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" [Granada/I.T.V. 1984-1985]
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Granada TV series starring Jeremy Brett  this Boxed Set Collection contains all 13 episodes: "A Scandal In Bohemia" [April 1984], "The Dancing Men" [May 1984], "The Naval Treaty" [May 1984], "The Solitary Cyclist" [May 1984], "The Crooked Man" [May 1984], "The Speckled Band" [May 1984], "The Blue Carbuncle" [June 1984], "The Copper Beeches" [Aug 1985], "The Greek Interpreter" [Sept 1985], "The Norwood Builder" [Sept 1985], "The Resident Patient" [Sept 1985], "The Red-Headed League" [Sept 1985], and "The Final Problem" [Sept 1985]
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD set [5/2002] 5 disks for $49.99
full credits at IMDbentry at Wikipedia

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"The Return of Sherlock Holmes" [Granada/I.T.V. 1986-1988]
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Granada TV series starring Jeremy Brett   this Boxed Set Collection contains all 11 episodes: "The Empty House" [July 1986], "The Abbey Grange" [July 1986], "The Musgrave Ritual" [July 1986], "The Second Stain" [July 1986], "The Man With The Twisted Lip" [Aug 1986], "The Priory School" [Aug 1986], "The Six Napoleons" [Aug 1986], "The Devil's Foot" [April 1988], "Silver Blaze" [April 1988], "Wisteria Lodge" [April 1988], and "The Bruce-Partington Plans" [April 1988]
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD set [8/2003] 5 disks for $59.98
full credits at IMDbentry at Wikipedia
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Sherlock Holmes Granada TV movies starring Jeremy Brett  "The Sign of Four" feature-length TV movie [Granada/I.T.V. Nov 1987]
Directed by Peter Hammond; starring Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke & John Thaw, with Robin Hunter, Alf Joint, Kiran Shah, Jenny Seagrove & Rosalie Williams
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD [2/2003] for $14.98
full credits at IMDbbook entry at Wikipedia
"The Hound of The Baskervilles" TV movie [Granada/I.T.V. Aug 1988]
Directed by Brian Mills; starring Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, with Alastair Duncan, Raymond Adamson, Kristoffer Tabori, Ronald Pickup, James Faulkner & Rosemary McHale
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD [2/2003] for $13.49
full credits at IMDbbook entry at Wikipedia

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"The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" [Granada/I.T.V. 1991-1993]
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Granada TV series starring Jeremy Brett  this Boxed Set Collection contains all 9 episodes: "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" [Feb 1991], "Thor Bridge" [Feb 1991], "Shoscombe Old Place" [March 1991], "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" [March 1991], "The Illustrious Client" [March 1991], "The Creeping Man" [March 1991], "The Master Blackmailer" feature-length episode [Jan 1992], "The Last Vampyre" feature-length episode [Jan 1993], and "The Eligible Bachelor" feature-length episode [Feb 1993]
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD set [9/2004] 3 disks for $34.49
full credits at IMDbbook entry at Wikipedia
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"The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" [Granada/I.T.V. 1994]
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Granada TV series starring Jeremy Brett  this Boxed Set Collection contains all 6 episodes: "The Three Gables" [March 1994], "The Dying Detective" [March 1994], "The Golden Pince-Nez" [March 1994] co-starring Charles Gray, "The Red Circle" [March 1994], "The Mazarin Stone" [April 1994] starring Charles Gray {as Mycroft Holmes}, and "The Cardboard Box" [April 1994]
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD set [10/2004] 3 disks for $31.99
full credits at IMDbbook entry at Wikipedia
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Sherlock Holmes TV Soundtrack album on CD  "Sherlock Holmes TV Soundtrack" [2000]
music by Patrick Gowers from the Granada TV productions of "The Sign of Four", "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", and "The Return of Sherlock Holmes"

Jay Records soundtrack CD [1/2000] 19 tracks for $18.31
Bending the Willow Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes book by David Stuart Davies  "Bending The Willow: Jeremy Brett As Sherlock Holmes" [2002]
by David Stuart Davies

Calabash Press 9x5¾ pb [7/2002] out of print/scarce
Sherlock Holmes Feature Films DVD set starring Jeremy Brett & Edward Hardwicke  "Sherlock Holmes Feature Film Collection" [2003]
starring Jeremy Brett & Edward Hardwicke

M.P.I. Home Video color DVD set [3/2003] 5 disks for $40.99
includes "The Sign of Four" [1987], "The Hound of The Baskervilles" [1988], "The Master Blackmailer" [1991], "The Last Vampyre" [1993]", and The Eligible Bachelor" [1993]
                      

Selected Silent Short & Feature Films
{ in chronological order }

credits for the character Sherlock Holmes at Internet Movie Database

German-language 'Sherlock Holmes Filme' fansite

Listings of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes at Wikipedia: filmTVradio

browse Sherlock Holmes on DVD {1,350+ titles} at Amazon

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Sherlock Holmes Baffled" [American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. 1900]
The first known film featuring Holmes; 30-second film for Biograph machines, re-released in 1903
for theaters; directed by Arthur Marvin, identity of actors unknown
credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

watch 1903 version [1:09] online at Internet Archive

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held For Ransom" [Vitagraph Oct 1905]
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton; scenario by Theodore Liebler, Jr.; featuring Maurice Costello {as Holmes}
& H. Kyrle Bellew {as Watson} • { considered to be a lost film }credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Sherlock Holmes In The Great Murder Mystery" [1908]
Doyle's character Holmes solving a mystery based on an Edgar Poe novel; produced by Crescent Film Mfg. Co.
of USA, other details unknown • { considered to be a lost film }bare credits at IMDb

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

Nordisk Denmark made a series of Sherlock Holmes shorts, starting in 1908

"Sherlock Holmes" silent short [Denmark 1908]
Written & directed by and starring Viggo Larsen {as Holmes}, with Forest
Holger-Madsen & Gustave Lund {as Moriarty} • credits at IMDb

"Den Graa Dame" silent short [#6 Denmark Aug 1909]
Written & directed by and starring Viggo Larsen {as Holmes}, with Forest Holger-Madsen
{as Watson}, Gustave Lund, Elith Pio & Poul Welander • credits at IMDb

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

writer-director-actor Mack Sennett [1880-1960]
played the part of Sherlock Holmes in 11 short films from 1911 to 1913

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

Société Française des Films Éclair made nine Holmes adaptations in Britain personally supervised
by Arthur Conan Doyle himself, directed by Adrien Caillard, and starring Georges Treville as the Great Detective

"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" feature film [Eclair British 1911]
{ considered to be a lost film }

Éclair made 8 short films with Conan Doyle in 1912, only the last survives
"The Speckled Band (Le Ruban Moucheté)" [1912]
"The Silver Blaze (Flamme d’Argent)" [1912]
"The Beryl Coronet" [1912]
"The Musgrave Ritual" [1912]
"The Reigate Squires" [1912]
"The Stolen Papers" [1912]
"The Mystery of Boscombe Valley (Le Mystère de Val Boscombe)" [1912]

★      ★

"The Copper Beeches" [Eclair British 1912]
25-minute silent short produced & written by Arthur Conan Doylecredits at IMDb

watch free online at Internet Archive: Part 1 [11:40] + Part 2 [12:11]

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"A Canine Sherlock Holmes" silent short
[Urbanora Films Dec 1912]
poster of 'A Canine Sherlock Holmes' 1912 U.K. silent film  British 1-reeler silent comedy about a Jack Russell terrier who helps the police solve crimes.
Produced by Charles Urban [1867-1942] thru his Urban Trading Company; written & directed by Stuart Kinder; starring Spot the Urbanora Dog
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb
★     ★     ★     ★     ★

Vitascope Germany made a series of Sherlock Holmes shorts, starting in 1914; the stories omitted Watson and
included Holmes's arch-enemy 'Stapleton'; films listed here were directed by Rudolf Meinert, Richard Oswald
& Willy Zeyn, 5 were written by Richard Oswald; several starred Alwin Neuß {as Holmes} & Friedrich Kühne
{as Stapleton} & Erwin Fichtner {as Lord Henry Baskerville}; at least "Der Hund ... Part 1" exists at Filmmuseum
München, and was restored in 2005 then shown at museum venues in the U.S.A.

"Detektiv Braun" [Germany 1914] • credits at IMDb

"Der Hund von Baskerville" [Germany June 1914]
Faithful adaptation of Doyle; prints exist in Germany & Russia • credits at IMDb

"Der Hund ... 2. Teil (Part 2): Das Einsame Haus (The Lonely House)"
[Germany Oct 1914] • credits at IMDb

"Der Hund ... 3. Teil (Part 3): Das Unheimliche Zimmer (The Uncanny Room)" [Germany 1915]
Stapleton escaped death at end of Part 1 and returns to torment Sir Henry • credits at IMDb

"Das Dunkle Schloß {The Dark Castle}" [Germany 1915]
Directed by Willy Zeyn, starring Eugen Burg {as Holmes} & Friedrich Kühne {as Stapleton}
credits at IMDb

"Der Hund ... 4. Teil (Part 4): Die Sage von Hund (Legend of The Dog)" [Germany 1915]
Lord Henry's tyrannical ancestor is witnessed murdering his wife and her faithful dog;
the dog later returns to haunt the old man • credits at IMDb

"Der Hund ... 5. Teil (Part 5): Dr. Macdonald's Sanatorium" [Germany 1920] • credits at IMDb

"Der Hund ... 6. Teil (Part 6): Das Haus ohne Fenster (House Without Windows)"
[Germany 1920] • credits at IMDb

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Sherlock Holmes" [Essanay May 1916]
poster for Wm. Gillette's U.S. stageplay performances of "Sherlock Holmes", circa 1899-1929   poster for Essanay film of Wm. Gillette as "Sherlock Holmes" [1916]   October 1916 trade magazine ad for Essanay film of Wm. Gillette as Sherlock Holmes   Based on the 1899 stageplay written by & starring William Gillette, often revived on Broadway; the stageplay is subtitled 'The Strange Case of Miss Faulkner'. An agent of the royal family asks Holmes for help in retrieving letters written to a Miss Faulkner; the girl's sister was intending a ransom demand for the letters, but is being held captive by a couple in the employ of evil mastermind Prof. Moriarty.
Directed by Arthur Berthelet; starring William Gillette {as Holmes}, Edward Fielding {as Watson}, Ernest Maupain {as Moriarty}, Marjorie Kay, Stewart Robbins, Hugh Thompson, Ludwig Kreiss & Mario Majeroni
{ considered to be a lost film }credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

click here for larger view of the 1916 trade ad - in a new window

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"The Valley of Fear" [U.K. 1916]
Valley of Fear 1916 silent film starring Harry Arthur Saintsbury as Sherlock Holmes  Based on the often-revived 1899 stageplay by William Gillette; stage actor Harry Arthur Saintsbury portrayed Holmes on stage some 1,400 times in Gillette’s play (from 1899 to 1930) in England.
Produced by G.B. Samuelson; directed by Alexander Butler; adaptation by Harry Engholm; starring H.A. Saintsbury {as Holmes}, Arthur M. Cullin {as Watson}, Booth Conway {as Moriarty}, Daisy Burrell, Jack McCauley, Cecil Mannering, Lionel d'Aragon, Bernard Vaughan & Jack Clare
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
★     ★     ★     ★     ★

British actor Eille Norwood as Sherlock Holmes (with violin)   Stoll Picture Productions U.K. made a series
of 47 Sherlock Holmes silent films [1920-23] starring
Eille Norwood {real name Anthony Edward Brett} [1861-1948]

credits at IMDbentry at Wikipedia

in all there were 45 silent two-reeler short films and 2 silent feature films
"The Hound of The Baskervilles" silent feature [1921] /tt0011309/
"The Sign of Four" silent feature [1923] /tt0014468/


three of Eille Norwood's Sherlock Holmes shorts are available
on the 2010 "Sherlock Holmes Archive Collection" DVD sets above
"The Dying Detective" [1921 silent]
"The Devil's Foot" [1921 silent]
"The Man With The Twisted Lip" [1921 silent]

★      ★

The Eille Norwood silent films listed here were/are available on out-of-production
Region 2 DVD and-or VHS {and thus prints do exist}

"Black Peter" [1922]
"The Boscombe Valley Mystery" [1922]
"The Bruce Partington Plans" [1922]
"The Cardboard Box" [1923]
"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" [1923]
"The Dying Detective" [1921]
"The Empty House" [1921]
"The Six Napoleons" [1922]

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Sherlock Holmes" silent feature [Goldwyn Pictures Corp. March 1922]
Sherlock Holmes 1922 silent feature atarring John Barrymore  Long considered a lost film, print elements discovered in 1970, restoration by Kevin Brownlow & Eastman House completed in 2003. Awkward storyline, with events when Holmes & Watson were students at Cambridge leading many years later to a confrontation with evil Prof. Moriarty.
Co-produced by Samuel Goldwyn, directed by Albert Parker; based on the 1899 Broadway stageplay by William Gillette; starring John Barrymore {as Holmes}, Roland Young {as Watson}, Carol Dempster, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Hedda Hopper & Reginald Denny
Kino Intl. b&w silent Blu-ray [12/2011] for $22.19
Kino Intl. b&w silent DVD [12/2011] for $15.58
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
watch full movie with organ music [10/2016 upload; 1:51:52] online at YouTube
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  still photo of John Barrymore from the Sherlock Holmes 1922 silent feature


                      

Selected Feature Films & Television
{ in chronological order }

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