Sherlock Holmes (1916 film)

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Sherlock Holmes
Directed by Arthur Berthelet
Written by Arthur Conan Doyle (characters)
William Gillette (play)
H.S. Sheldon (scenario)
Starring William Gillette
Edward Fielding
Ernest Maupain
Release date(s) 15 May 1916
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles
IMDb profile

Sherlock Holmes, is a 1916 silent film made by Essanay Studios and is the earliest American film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. It starred William Gillette as Holmes.

[edit] Cast

  • William Gillette ... Sherlock Holmes
  • Marjorie Kay ... Alice Faulkner
  • Ernest Maupain ... Professor Moriarty
  • Edward Fielding ... Dr. Watson
  • Stewart Robbins ... Benjamin Forman
  • Hugh Thompson ... Sir Edward Leighton

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