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Sherlock Holmes (1916) / Essanay Film Co. ; newly restored by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and La Cinémathèque française ; presented by Flicker Alley ; directed by Arthur Berthelet.
- Format:
- Conference/Event
- Video
- Conference Name:
- San Francisco Silent Film Festival., restorationist (expression) .
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Holmes, Sherlock--In motion pictures.
- Holmes, Sherlock.
- Private investigators--Drama.
- Private investigators.
- Genre:
- Silent films.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (117 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : Flicker Alley, 2015.
- Language Note:
- Silent ; Intertitles in English and French.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Long considered lost until a complete dupe negative was identified in the vaults of La Cinémathèque française last year, this William Gillette film is a vital missing link in the history of Sherlock Holmes on screen. By the time it was produced at Essanay Studios in 1916, Gillette had been established as the world's foremost interpreter of Holmes on stage-having played him approximately 1300 times since his 1899 debut. This newly-restored edition, thanks to the monumental efforts of both the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and La Cinémathèque française, represents the sole surviving appearance of Gillette's Holmes on film. Presented with optional French and English intertitles and an original score composed and performed by Neil Brand, Guenter Buchwald, and Frank Bockius, Flicker Alley is honored to bring Sherlock Holmes onto Blu-ray and DVD for the first time ever. The film faithfully retains the play's famous set pieces-Holmes's encounter with Professor Moriarty, his daring escape from the Stepney Gas Chamber, and the tour-de-force deductions. It also illustrates how Gillette, who wrote the adaptation himself, wove bits from Conan Doyle's stories ranging from "A Scandal in Bohemia" to "The Final Problem," into an original, innovative mystery play. Film restorer Robert Byrne says, "It's an amazing privilege to work with these reels that have been lost for generations. William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes has ranked among the holy grails of lost film and my first glimpse of the footage confirms Gillette's magnetism. Audiences are going to be blown away when they see the original Sherlock Holmes on screen for the first time.".
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 19, 2017).
- OCLC:
- 1028034705
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