The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes released theatrically as Sherlock Holmes in the United Kingdom is a 1939 mysteryadventure film. It is a pastiche featuring the characters of the Sherlock Holmes series of books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film is an adaptation of the 1899 play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, though there is almost no resemblance in the plots.

The film was supposedly based on the stage play by William Gillette, though little of the plays original plot remains aside from the HolmesMoriarty conflict. The play featured a very young Charlie Chaplin in one of his very first acting roles during its first London production, playing the character of Billy, who, in this movie, is played by Terry Kilburn.The film begins with Moriarty and Holmes verbally sparring on the steps outside the Old Bailey where Moriarty has just been acquitted on a charge of murder due to lack of evidence. Holmes remarks, Youve a magnificent brain, Moriarty. I admire it. I admire it so much Id like to present it, pickled in alcohol, to the London Medical Society. It would make an impressive exhibit, replies Moriarty. ........

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