Screening Sherlock : a cultural history of the Great Detective on film and television / James Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, James, 1968- author.

Series:

Multiplexities Series

Multiplexities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sherlock Holmes films--History and criticism.

Sherlock Holmes films.

Sherlock Holmes television programs--History and criticism.

Sherlock Holmes television programs.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

James Chapman is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Leicester.

Summary:

A cultural history of Sherlock Holmes adaptations in film and television from early cinema to the present.

Contents:

Introduction

1. From stage to screen : William Gillette and Sherlock Holmes (1916)

2. Silent Holmes : the Stoll film company's The adventures of Sherlock Holmes

3. Talkie Holmes : the Sherlock Holmes films of the 1930s

4. Gaslight Holmes : The hound of the Baskervilles (1939) and The adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

5 Contemporary Holmes : the Universal Pictures series of the 1940s

6. Gothic Holmes : Hammer's The hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

7. Television Holmes : British and American series of the 1950s and 1960s

8. Revisionist Holmes : Billy Wilder and The private life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

9. Parody Holmes : from A Black Sherlock Holmes (1918) to Without a clue (1988)

10. Heritage Holmes : Granada Television and The adventures of Sherlock Holmes

11. Action Holmes : Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes : a game of shadows (2011)

12. Postmodern Holmes : Sherlock and Elementary

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781526176622

1526176629

9781526176646

1526176645

OCLC:

1512319183