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Sherlock Holmes (7-Mar-1922)

Director: Albert Parker

Writers: Earle Browne; Marion Fairfax

From short stories by: Arthur Conan Doyle

From a play by: William Gillette

Keywords: Mystery, Sherlock Holmes

Silent film. Believed lost until a copy was found in the 1970s.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Barrymore
Actor
15-Feb-1882 29-May-1942 Romeo and Juliet
Reginald Denny
Actor
20-Nov-1891 16-Jun-1967 English actor and RC airplane popularizer
Hedda Hopper
Actor
2-May-1885 1-Feb-1966 Queen of the Quickies
William Powell
Actor
29-Jul-1892 5-Mar-1984 My Man Godfrey
Roland Young
Actor
11-Nov-1887 5-Jun-1953 Cosmo Topper

CAST

John Barrymore   ...   Sherlock Holmes
Roland Young   ...   Dr. Watson
Carol Dempster   ...   Alice Faulkner
Hedda Hopper   ...   Madge Larrabee
Peggy Bayfield   ...   Rose Faulkner
Margaret Kemp   ...   Terese
Gustav von Seyffertitz   ...   Prof. Moriarty
Anders Randolf   ...   James Larrabee
William Powell   ...   Forman Wells
Robert Schable   ...   Alf Bassick
Reginald Denny   ...   Prince Alexis
Percy Knight   ...   Sid Jones
David Torrence   ...   Count Von Stalburg
Albert Bruning   ...   Baron Orlonieff
Robert Fischer   ...   Otto
Lumsden Hare   ...   Dr. Leighton
Louis Wolheim   ...   Craigin
Jerry Devine   ...   Billy
John Willard   ...   Insp. Gregson

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