Sherlock Holmes (1916 film)
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Sherlock Holmes is a 1916 American 7-reel silent film starring William Gillette as Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Directed by Arthur Berthelet, it was produced by Essanay Studios in Chicago. Th
Ad in Moving Picture World (October 1916)
A publicity still of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Berthelet
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Arthur Rolette Berthelet was an American actor, stage and film director, dialogue director, and scriptwriter. With regard to screen productions, he is best remembered for directing the 1916 crime dram
Berthelet (right) directing at Essanay Studios in Chicago, 1917
Berthelet and Mary MacLane reviewing script for Men Who Have Made Love to Me (1918)
In 1918, Essanay assured theater owners that presentations of this controversial film would "pack your house".