Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
- Directed by
- Fred J. Balshofer
- Genre
- silent film, crime film, detective film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder mystery adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's story. Dr. Watson appears alongside Holmes for the first time in film.
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What happens
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery is a 1908 American silent film produced by the Crescent Film Company of New York, and directed by early film pioneer, Fred J. Balshofer. 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. Holmes was played by veteran stage actor William Kolle, star of the Venetian Gardens Theater at Brooklyn's Prospect Hall. This film featured the first cinematic appearance of Dr. Watson, who was portrayed by an unknown actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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