Screening Sherlock : a cultural history of the great detective on film and television /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chapman, James, 1968- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2025.
Series:	Multiplexities: popular screen cultures
Subjects:	Doyle, Arthur Conan, > 1859-1930 > Characters. Holmes, Sherlock. Doyle, Arthur Conan, > 1859-1930 > Film adaptations. Holmes, Sherlock > In motion pictures. Sherlock Holmes films > History and criticism. English fiction > Film adaptations. Detective and mystery films > History and criticism. Films de Sherlock Holmes > Histoire et critique. Roman anglais > Adaptations cinématographiques. Films de détective > Histoire et critique.

Table of 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.