Sherlock Holmes (1922)

Director:

Albert Parker

Writers:

Earle Browne (writer)
Arthur Conan Doyle (story)

Release Date:

7 March 1922 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Sherlock Holmes | Based On Play | Character Name In Title

Cast

John Barrymore	...	Sherlock Holmes
Roland Young	...	Dr. Watson
Carol Dempster	...	Alice Faulkner
Gustav von Seyffertitz	...	Professor Moriarty
Louis Wolheim	...	Craigin
Percy Knight	...	Sid Jones
William Powell	...	Foreman Wells (as William H. Powell)
Hedda Hopper	...	Madge Larrabee
Peggy Bayfield	...	Rose Faulkner
Margaret Kemp	...	Therese
Anders Randolf	...	James Larrabee
Robert Schable	...	Alf Bassick
Reginald Denny	...	Prince Alexis
David Torrence	...	Count von Stalburg
Robert Fischer	...	Otto

Also Known As:

Moriarty (UK)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The restoration of "Sherlock Holmes" began in 1970, when the George Eastman House discovered several cans of negative of the film, consisting of incomplete, out-of-order clips. Film historian Kevin Brownlow screened a print of these clips for the film's director, Albert Parker, and with the information Parker gave him began a decades-long process of reassembling the film from the bits and pieces that survived.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Time Shift: A Study in Sherlock" (2007)

A most excellent restoration!

I recently had the privilege of seeing the "World Premiere" of Albert Parker's version of Sherlock Holmes at The George Eastman House's Dryden Theater. John Barrymore was the sleuth and he was simply grand. I loved every campy moment! I'm quoting now from the capsule description written by the staff at the GEH: Until its rediscovery in the mid-1970s by Eastman House's first film curator James Card, Sherlock Holmes was the most sought-after `lost' John Barrymore film. When another print containing the missing original intertitles was located within the Eastman House's vaults a few years ago, a major restoration was undertaken. The resulting film reveals a faithful adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original story (the film was in fact fully endorsed by Doyle in 1922), as Barrymore's Holmes, aided by the ubiquitous Dr. Watson, battles wits with-who else?-sinister arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty. Live piano by Philip Carli.