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Surya Gayatri

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3. And, thank the French and their obsession with history,

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Mon Jan 26, 2015, 05:44 PM

Jan 2015

including the history of cinema, for this wonderful discovery:

"He (Gillette) made only one film, the 1916 silent movie version of Sherlock Holmes. For decades the movie was presumed lost, one of the great missing links of Sherlockiana. Then in October 2014 it was discovered at the Cinematheque Francaise, a film archive in Paris."

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He was the first great Sherlock Holmes. But few will have heard of US actor William Gillette. [View all] Surya Gayatri Jan 2015 OP

Jeremy Brett or GTFO Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #1

Cumberbatch fan here--wonderfully drole and nice to look at! Surya Gayatri Jan 2015 #2

Me too. And he was fantastic in The Imitation Game. nt Ilsa Jan 2015 #11

Well, yes Kelvin Mace Jan 2015 #5

And, thank the French and their obsession with history, Surya Gayatri Jan 2015 #3

I can't wait to see this! johnp3907 Jan 2015 #4

I'm the biggest Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fan I know aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2015 #6

Wow, that photo of Gillette. What a looker!!! valerief Jan 2015 #7

That's a very cool smoking jacket he's wearing aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2015 #8

Back in the '70s, there was a nightly radio program Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #9

Do you know the name of the episode and whether it's available online? johnp3907 Jan 2015 #14

It's called Nightmare in Gillette Castle Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #15

Thanks! johnp3907 Jan 2015 #16

If you're from Connecticut 90-percent Jan 2015 #10

Or even if you're not... pipi_k Jan 2015 #12

R#8 & K n/t UTUSN Jan 2015 #13

I grew up in CT in sight of Gillette's Castle, which he built and lived in mw Jan 2015 #17