Eille Norwood
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Eille Norwood was an English stage actor, director, and playwright best known today for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films.
Norwood as Sherlock Holmes in 1923
Eille Norwood as Sherlock Holmes pictured with Hubert Willis as Dr. Watson
The unmarked grave of Eille Norwood in Green Lane Cemetery in Farnham, Surrey in 2026
The Sign of Four (1923 film)
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The Sign of Four is a 1923 British silent mystery film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Eille Norwood, Isobel Elsom and Fred Raynham. The film is based on the 1890 novel The Sign of the Four by
Eille Norwood
…Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1922) and The Last Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1923), and in two feature films, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Sign of Four directed by Maurice Elvey and George Ridgwell. The Golden Pince-Nez was restored by the BFI National Archive in 2024 and screened for the first time…
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