Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
8m
Running Time
November 1, 1908Release Date
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
8m
Running Time
November 1, 1908Release Date
Plot.
Our picture relates to a crime committed by a Gorilla who escapes from his cage and through circumstantial evidence a young man, whom we will call in our story Jim, is accused and is just about to be convicted. Can Sherlock Holmes free him in time? (Moving Picture World)
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Cast & Crew.
William Kolle
Sherlock Holmes
Fred J. Balshofer
Camera Person / Director
Hermann Kolle
Director
Edgar Allan Poe
Short Story
Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
gorilla
silent film
Wiki.
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery is a 1908 American silent film produced by the Crescent Film Company of New York, and directed by early film pioneer, Fred J. Balshofer. The film was released on 27 November 1908 and is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", which is considered the first detective story, though the plot was altered to include Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes instead of Poe's C. Auguste Dupin.
Holmes was played by veteran stage actor William Kolle, star of the Venetian Gardens Theater at Brooklyn's Prospect Hall. This film featured the first cinematic appearance of Dr. Watson, who was portrayed by an unknown actor.