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
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A publicity still of Sherlock Holmes
William Gillette
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William Hooker Gillette was an American actor-manager, playwright, and stage manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage and in a 1
Sherlock Holmes (1916 film)
…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. The screenplay was adapted from…
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Poster for The Professor (1881)
Gillette in Secret Service
Theatre poster for Held by the Enemy at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh in 1887