Sherlock Holmes
About Sherlock Holmes
At Cambridge, Prince Alexis (Reginald Denny) is accused of stealing the athletic funds. Watson (Roland Young) sends him to their classmate Sherlock Holmes (John Barrymore). Out in the country, Holmes is knocked unconscious and Alice Faulkner (Carol Dempster) helps him. He takes the case, suspects Forman Wells, and the trail runs to Professor Moriarty (Gustav von Seyffertitz).
Cast & crew
More about Sherlock Holmes
Albert Parker directed. Earle Browne and Marion Fairfax adapted William Gillette's 1899 play, itself drawn from Conan Doyle. F. J. Godsol produced. J. Roy Hunt photographed it. Goldwyn released it on 1 May 1922. In Britain the title was Moriarty. The original running time is listed as 136 and a half minutes. Circulating copies run about 85 minutes. William Powell, billed William H. Powell, and Roland Young made their screen debuts.
Themes
Making
Parker shot Barrymore's Holmes as a Cambridge student before the London case, so the detective is not yet the Baker Street figure of the later stories.
Look
J. Roy Hunt photographed the Cambridge opening and the London pursuit of Moriarty.
Preservation
Rediscovered in the mid-1970s. The 2001 George Eastman House reconstruction, issued by Kino, still lacks about 26 minutes of the 136-minute original.
Notes
- The film was treated as lost for decades. It was found in the mid-1970s.
- George Eastman House holds the material. Kevin Brownlow and William K. Everson reconstructed a version, with Parker, then in his late eighties, helping at the start.
- Eastman House made a second reconstruction in 2001. Kino issued that on DVD in 2009 and on Blu-ray in 2011. About 26 minutes were still missing.
- Alice Faulkner is the woman's name, not Rose Faulkner.
- Hedda Hopper and Anders Randolf are in the cast. Louis Wolheim is also credited on some lists.
Scenes
- Watson points the accused prince toward classmate Holmes.
- Alice Faulkner finds Holmes unconscious in the country.
- The case reaches Moriarty.
Influenced by
- Sherlock Holmes, play by William Gillette (1899)
Also available
- Kino International DVD (2009) and Blu-ray (2011)
