Sherlock Holmes 1916 All Ages
When
11.00 am, Sat 7 Jul 2018 (116 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
Sherlock Holmes will be presented with live musical accompaniment from David Bailey on the Gallery's 1929 Wurlitzer organ.
'[Sherlock Holmes] was long assumed to be lost, but, because it had been released in France in 1919 as a four-part serial, a nearly intact version, mislabeled for decades, was discovered in the French Cinémathèque in 2014 … Sherlock Holmes draws on several stories, mainly "A Scandal in Bohemia." Dr. Watson is minimized, but Holmes enjoys a romance with the Irene Adler figure, Alice Faulkner (a 17-year-old Marjorie Kay, later a World War I poster girl for the Red Cross). Holmes has been hired to recover some incriminating letters written to Alice's late sister. A criminal couple also covet them; to further their cause, they recruit Holmes's archenemy, Moriarty (Ernest Maupain). Drawing-room intrigue gives way to more gangsterly stuff, but Holmes is regularly shown in his study, hoisting a test tube.' New York Times
Production Credits
- Director: Arthur Berthelet
- Script: Arthur Conan Doyle, HS Sheldon
- Based on: the 1899 stage play by William Gillette
- Cast: William Gillette, Edward Fielding, Hugh Thompson
- Print Source / Rights: Flicker Alley
- Year: 1916
- Runtime: 116 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English Intertitles
- Colour: Black & White
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: DCP