Screening Sherlock

James Chapman is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Leicester

• Introduction1 From stage to screen: William Gillette and Sherlock Holmes (1916)2 Silent Holmes: The Stoll Film Company’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes3 Talkie Holmes: The Sherlock Holmes films of the 1930s4 Gaslight Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)5 Contemporary Holmes: The Universal Pictures series of the 1940s6 Gothic Holmes: Hammer’s The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)7 Television Holmes: British and American series of the 1950s and 1960s8 Revisionist Holmes: Billy Wilder and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)9 Parody Holmes: From A Black Sherlock Holmes (1918) to Without a Clue (1988)10 Heritage Holmes: Granada Television and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes11 Action Holmes: Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)12 Postmodern Holmes: Sherlock and ElementaryConclusionIndex

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