John Barrymore.     Photo: Silent Era low-res collection.

Cast: John Barrymore [Sherlock Holmes], Roland Young [Dr. Watson], Carol Dempster [Alice Faulkner], Gustav von Seyffertitz [Moriarty], William H. Powell (William Powell) [Foreman Wells], Louis Wolheim [Craigin], Percy Knight [Sid Jones], Hedda Hopper [Madge Larrabee], Anders Randolf [James Larrabee], Peggy Bayfield [Rose Faulkner], Margaret Kemp [Terese], Reginald Denny [Prince Alexis], David Torrence [Count Von Stalburg], Lumsden Hare [Dr. Leighton], Robert Schable [Alf Bassick], Jerry Devine [Billy], John Willard [Inspector Gregson], Robert Fischer [Otto]

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Goldwyn Distributing Corporation. / Produced by F.J. Godsol. Scenario by Marion Fairfax and Earle Brown, from a play by William Gillette adapted from the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Cinematography by J. Roy Hunt. / Released May 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Exteriors were shot in London, England. Young’s film debut; Powell’s film debut. The film was reconstructed by Kevin Brownlow and William K. Everson (with help from Albert S. Parker) utilizing surviving footage, stills and restored intertitles. [?] Website-IMDb lists the release date as 7 March 1922; Sherwood-Best p. 186 lists the release date as 29 October 1922.

Drama.

Survival Status: Incomplete print exists (approximately 50 minutes) in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive.

Keywords: Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle - Characters: Sherlock Holmes - Police: Detectives - United Kingdom: England: London

Listing updated: 22 October 2004.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3977; AFI-F2 n. F2.4987; Everson-American pp. 217-218; Everson-Detective pp. 6, 8, 10, 23; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 18; Quirk-Powell pp. 17, 36-37; Sherwood-Best p. 186; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia pp. 207, 209; Vermilye-Twenties p. 22, 25 : Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.