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Voidsville Follies

Works by Arthur Conan Doyle (2)

Sherlock Holmes Baffled

Arthur Marvin (cinematographer/director)
Arthur Conan Doyle (author)
American Mutoscope and Biograph (production)

Language: Silent, released in May 1900
Minutes: 1

1 trick, 1 minute, 0 interest

Featured elements:

: detective; fantasy; home invasion

Sherlock Holmes [1916]

Arthur Berthelet (director)
William Postance (director/lead)
H.S. Sheldon (writer)
William Gillette (author/lead)
Arthur Conan Doyle (author)
Ernest Maupain (lead)
Marjorie Kay (lead)
Edward Fielding (lead)
Stewart Robbins (lead)
Grace Reals (lead)
Mario Majeroni (lead)
Essanay (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in May 1916
Minutes: 115

This film exists as supporting evidence for three well-established postulates in film theory:

Early attempts to bring stage successes to silent film were disastrous. Here we waste nearly two hours watching paint dry.
A superhero without a worthy nemesis is a superdud. Moriarty doesn't enter until 45 minutes in, so over a third of the film is just Watson, Sherlock, and his little concubine Billy.
Sherlock Holmes is a boring smug prick.

Featured elements:

: child labor; Chinatown; crime; criminal mastermind; detective; female avenger; fighting; heroic defender; kiddie act; melodrama; rescue; revenge; servitude; sidekick

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