CLASSIC SUNDAYS
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases
BFI National Archive restoration of the 1920s series of shorts starring Eille Norwood, the screen Holmes of the silent era whose iconic portayal of the legendary sleuth was Conan Doyle's favourite!
Director: MAURICE ELVEY, GEORGE RIDGEWELL
Cast includes: EILLE NORWOOD, HUBERT WILLIS
90 MINS / 1922 / UK / ENGLISH
Three classic 1920s silent short films selected to showcase a major restoration project by the BFI Archive of the Stoll Pictures collection of Sherlock Holmes stories.
These films distil the essence of Conan Doyle’s stories into twenty-odd minutes of screen time, efficiently setting up the mystery, deduction and solution, and using flashbacks to reveal key details.
Directed by Maurice Elvey and George Ridgewell, these are quick and witty shorts, moving at a snappy pace. The Final Problem’s literal cliffhanger is dramatically staged, and will have you gasping.
The series stars Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's favourite Sherlock, Eille Norwood, an authoritative presence and largely understated performer with more Holmes screen credits than anyone else. He greatly impressed Conan Doyle who said of his work “he has that rare quality, which can only be described as glamour, which compels you to watch an actor eagerly even when he is doing nothing.
The three episodes are A Scandal in Bohemia, The Golden Pince-Nez and The Final Problem. Discover the man who set the standard for all screen Sherlocks to come.
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