Sherlock Holmes Baffled

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Movie
Original title Sherlock Holmes Baffled
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1900
length 1 minute
Rod
production American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
camera Arthur Marvin

Sherlock Holmes Baffled is a silent film directed by Arthur Marvin from 1900. It is the first known film to use the character of Sherlock Holmes .

action

A burglar robbed a room. Sherlock Holmes enters the room and catches the thief, who immediately vanishes into thin air. This irritates the detective, who then sits down on a chair to smoke a cigar. At that moment the burglar appears out of nowhere in front of Holmes, who draws his pistol and shoots the man. But the burglar disappears again and reappears behind Holmes. Holmes turns around and tries to grab the thief, but he again makes himself invisible. Now Holmes takes the bag with the stolen property and is about to leave the room when the intruder reappears and escapes through the window into the open.

background

Sherlock Holmes Baffled

Almost nothing is known about the background to the making of this short film. His film-historical significance he wins by having the oldest according to current knowledge Sherlock Holmes movie is, even though the character depicted can show no significant similarities to the fictional character. The focus of this short film , however, is on the application of the stop tricks that were popular around the turn of the century . Was produced Sherlock Holmes baffled on 26 April 1900. While the cast of this film are unknown, the operation of the camera Arthur Marvin , brother of the co-founders of the Biograph Company Henry Marvin attributed. A copy of the camera positive on paper film is kept in the Library of Congress .

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