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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

1916
Mystery
1h 56m
When a couple of swindlers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will in order to discover the whereabouts of letters which could spell scandal for the royal family, Sherlock Holmes is on the case. (imdb)
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Sherlock Holmes

1916
Mystery
1h 56m
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Rated 24 Nov 2021
50
45th
The production value is really slick and Gillette played Sherlock with experience. The romance angle is nice and leaves the final act with a lot of melodrama, similar to City Lights' reveal. This felt more like an action movie than a sleuthing mystery. Moriarty looked like a cartoon villain. Fav scene: the disguise reveal made me lol like it was Mission Impossible.
Rated 16 Dec 2015
60
89th
Thanks to the wonderful restoration job recently done we finally get to see William Gillette 100 year old version of Sherlock Holmes (1916) in excellent quality! A Holmes investigation that's well structured with superb acting to boot. The production quality is above the usual levels of a 1916 film as well making this nearly 2 hour play a must for any Sherlock fan!
Rated 03 Mar 2022
40
13th
"This film is an exact reproduction of the play that has been performed to great acclaim for the past five years throughout America and England. The actors in the film are the same ones from the play." Slow, stilted and boring; you can't create a cinematic experience for the viewer by filming a theatre production. This is not to question Gillette's influence on shaping the character we know as Sherlock Holmes, but to suggest that Gillette should have stayed on the stage (away from the camera).
Rated 10 Nov 2022
62
53rd
What a fantastic score. I am amazed at how well it fits the mood of the movie. And some shots, the complete darkness fight scene with one dot of light, the cigar, was so nice. But the story itself lets some things to be desire. Probably because it’s early age, it doesn’t quite know how to deal with Sherlock: we get no deductions, no explanation as to how he manage to know some stuff, and no intrigue about what gonna happen next. The worst offense here though is only giving us 5 minutes of Watson

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