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Sherlock Holmes (1916)

Sherlock Holmes

Too Much Johnson (1938)

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Sherlock Holmes (1981)

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Secret Service (1977)

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Sherlock Holmes (1916) -- (Movie Clip) Holmes' First Move

Sherlock Holmes (1916) -- (Movie Clip) Holmes' Confidant

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Sherlock Holmes (1916)

Sherlock Holmes

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Too Much Johnson (1938)

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Sherlock Holmes (1981)

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Secret Service (1977)

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Sherlock Holmes (1981)

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Sherlock Holmes (1916) -- (Movie Clip) Holmes' First Move Theatrical star William Gillette, in the title role based on his own play, is visiting incognito in the house where Miss Faulkner (Marjorie Kay) is being held by the evil Larrabees (Mario Majeroni, Grace Reals), but refusing to hand over her valuable letters, in Sherlock Holmes, 1916.

Sherlock Holmes (1916) -- (Movie Clip) Holmes' Confidant No reference to 221-B Baker Street, though the film was sanctioned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William Gillette in the title role receives his trusted friend Doctor Watson (Edward Fielding), as he embarks on his case, in the Chicago-made 1916 adaptation of Gillette’s own play, Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes (1916) -- (Movie Clip) An Exact Reproduction An elaborate prologue based on the original release, then actual pyrotechnics in the introduction of William Gillette, the renowned stage performer, in his only film, in his signature role as the hero, opening the TCM restoration of the 1916 Essanay Company production, Sherlock Holmes, 1916.

Too Much Johnson (1938) -- (Movie Clip) To Clairette The opening, which should be viewed knowing the film was never finished, nor meant as a narrative, first with Virginia Nicolson (the director’s wife), Guy Kingsley Poynter and Eustace Wyatt, then Arlene Francis with Joseph Cotten, from Orson Welles’ long-lost silent Too Much Johnson, 1938.

Too Much Johnson (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Rooftops From Orson Welles’ long-lost silent film, meant to accompany his never-produced Mercury Theatre stage version of the William Gillette play, Joseph Cotten and Edgar Barrier, with no stunt-doubles, chasing over now-demolished rooftops of lower Manhattan, in Too Much Johnson, 1938.

Sherlock Holmes (1922) -- (Movie Clip) Moriarty, Genius Of Evil Opening and a rarity, though screen depictions of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective were already common, few have begun by introducing the villain Moriarty (Gustav Von Seyffertitz), with impressive London location shots, in the landmark John Barrymore version of Sherlock Holmes, 1922.

Sherlock Holmes (1922) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Fiend John Barrymore in the title role, according to the screen story still a Cambridge student, pursues Wells (one William Powell) who, though a thief, we soon discover is in the thrall of the evil Moriarty (Gustav von Seyffertitz), early in Sherlock Holmes, 1922.

Sherlock Holmes (1922) -- (Movie Clip) The Future Detective Introduction of the star and title character (John Barrymore) in idyllic setting, also his love interest (Carol Dempster), though not by his initiative, in the 1922 version of Sherlock Holmes, from the celebrated play written by and starring William Gillette.

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