Sherlock Holmes : a detective drama in four episodes /
| Uniform Title: | Sherlock Holmes (Motion picture : 1916) |
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Video DVD Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Silent audio ; Intertitles in English and French. |
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| Edition: | Deluxe Blu-ray/DVD daul-format edition. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released in 1916. Includes DVD (2 discs) and Blu-Ray (1 disc) versions. Based on the play Sherlock Holmes, by William Gillette. DVD version includes booklet (19 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm) titled: May I marry Holmes? : notes on the history, discovery, and restoration of William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes, 1916. "The film was produced in Chicago by the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company and released in the United States as a seven-reel feature on May 15, 1916. In January 1920, a four-chapter serialized version of the film with French titles and color tinting was distributed in weekly chapters in France by Comptoir L. Sutto Films. The only ... material that is known to survive is a 35mm nitrate dupe negative of the French serial preserved in the collection of the Cinémathèque française. This unique material forms the basis of this restoration"--Opening credits. Bonus materials: "From the lost to found: restoring William Gillettes's Sherlock Holmes" -- presented by film restorer Robert Byrne at the 2015 San Francisco Silent Film Festival ; Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900): Courtesy of the Library of Congress and presented in HD, this is the earliest known film to feature Sherlock Holmes ; A canine Sherlock (1912): from the EYE Filmmuseum, the film stars Spot the dog as the titular character ; Piu forte che Sherlock Holmes (1913): also from the EYE Filmmuseum, this entertaining Italian trick-film owes as much to Melies as it does Doyle ; New bonus film scores by Cliff Retallick ; HD transfers from the Fox Movietone Collection: interview with Arthur Conan Doyle and outtakes from a 1930 newsreel with William Gillette showing off his amateur railroad (University of South Carolina) ; A typescript of William Gillette's play, Sherlock Holmes, on which the film is based (DVD only) ; Beautiful and rarley-seen promotional photographs from the original 1899 Broadway production ; Rare lobby cards and flyer from the first run of 1916 Sherlock Holmes film ; A booklet featuring essays from experts Celine Ruivo, Russell Merritt, S.E. Dahlinger, Robert Byrne, Neil Brand, and Greg Wilsbacher. |
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| Physical Description: | 3 videodiscs : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Production Credits: | Directed by Arthur Berthelet ; assistant director, William Postance ; scenario, H.S. Sheldon. |
| ISBN: | 9781893967663 1893967662 |