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Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery
Directed byFred J. Balshofer
Based onEdgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"[1][2]
Produced byCrescent Film Company
StarringWilliam Kolle
Production
companies
Crescent Film Company, New York
Release date
November 27, 1908
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery is a 1908 American silent film produced by the Crescent Film Company of New York,[3] and directed by early film pioneer, Fred J. Balshofer.[citation needed] The film was released on 27 November 1908 and is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", which is considered the first detective story, though the plot was altered to include Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes instead of Poe's C. Auguste Dupin.[4]

Holmes was played by veteran stage actor William Kolle, star of the Venetian Gardens Theater at Brooklyn's Prospect Hall.[citation needed] This film featured the first cinematic appearance of Dr. Watson, who was portrayed by an unknown actor.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Davies, David Stuart (1977). Holmes of the Movies: The Screen Career of Sherlock Holmes. Bramhall House. p. 17. ISBN 0517232790.
  2. ^ Steinbrunner, Chris; Michaels, Norman (1978). The Films of Sherlock Holmes. Citadel Press. p. 8. ISBN 080650739X.
  3. ^ "Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery". The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  4. ^ Bunson, Matthew E. (1997). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana: The Complete A-Z Guide to the World of the Great Detective. Macmillan. p. 236. ISBN 9780028616797.

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Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841)
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