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10. If you're from Connecticut

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 09:45 PM

Jan 2015

You've heard of William Gillette. His Gillette's Castle is a major tourist attraction.

http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325204&deepNav_GID=1650

I remember fondly a visit during a family reunion ten years ago. Interesting place and unfortunately the miniature train he had wasn't in operation at the time.

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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