| 词条 | Sherlock Holmes (Stoll film series) |
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From 1921 to 1923, Stoll Pictures produced a series of silent black-and-white films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. Forty-five short films and two feature-length films were produced[1] featuring Eille Norwood in the role of Holmes and Hubert Willis cast as Dr. Watson with the exception of the final film, The Sign of Four, where Willis was replaced with Arthur Cullin. Consequently, Norwood holds the record for most appearances as Sherlock Holmes in film.[1][2] ProductionSir Oswald Stoll, an Australian-born Irish theatre manager[1] ran music halls and West End stages until World War I when he segued into film production.[1] Beginning in 1919, Stoll opened a series of cinemas and purchased a disused aircraft factory to create the then-largest film studio in Britain.[1]In 1920, Stoll purchased the rights to produce films based on Sherlock Holmes' tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.[3] Stoll embarked on the production of his first series of fifteen short films entitled The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in 1921. The films were directed by Maurice Elvey[3] and then 59-year-old actor Eille Norwood[3] was chosen to portray Sherlock Holmes, with Hubert Willis cast as Dr Watson. Norwood was obsessed with portraying Holmes true to the written stories.[4] He re-read all the stories published up to that time[4] and even learned to play the violin.[4] Norwood had a reputation as a very professional actor with an incredible ability with make-up and disguise.[5] There is a story that when Elvey asked Norwood to do an impromptu screen test, Norwood excused himself to the dressing room and appeared a few minutes later "an entirely new person".[4] {{quote|He had done very little in the way of make-up, and he had no accessories, but the transformation was remarkable – it was Sherlock Holmes who came in that door.[4]}}Norwood took pains to maintain faithfulness to the original stories, something Conan Doyle was so impressed with he awarded the actor a gift of a dressing gown which the actor wore in many of the films.[16] However, Conan Doyle was critical of the choice to set the stories in modern times.[6] {{quote|He has that rare quality which can only be described as glamour, which compels you to watch an actor eagerly even when he is doing nothing. He has the brooding eye which excites expectation and he has also a quite unrivalled power of disguise. My only criticism of the films is that they introduce telephones, motor cars and other luxuries of which the Victorian Holmes never dreamed.[5]}}The initial series of fifteen shorts entitled The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was so successful, that Stoll moved to film a feature-length adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles also in 1921. Unlike Adventures, The Hound of the Baskervilles was less faithful to the original story.[7] While film critics such as The New York Times{{who|date=September 2013}} were less than enthused with the adaptation, Doyle enjoyed it claiming "On seeing him [Eille Norwood] in The Hound of the Baskervilles I thought I had never seen anything more masterly."[7] Critical success returned with the second installment of fifteen short films entitled The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in 1922. Elvey was replaced as director by George Ridgwell.[8] A final collection of fifteen shorts was released in 1923 entitled The Last Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The series was successful enough to spawn one last feature-length film, The Sign of Four released later in 1923. The Sign of Four featured a return of Elvey to the helm and the replacement of Hubert Willis with Arthur Cullin as Watson. Elvey considered Willis too old to play a romantic interest for Mary Morstan.[9] Cullin had earlier assayed the role in 1916's The Valley of Fear opposite H. A. Sainstbury's Holmes. Cast
FilmsShort filmsThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Last Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Feature length films
ReceptionSir Arthur Conan Doyle himself praised Norwood's performance in the role of his creation. {{quote|He has that rare quality, which can only be described as glamour, which compels you to watch an actor eagerly even when he is doing nothing. He has the brooding eye which excites expectation and he has also a quite unrivaled power of disguise. My only criticism of the films is that they introduce telephones, motorcars and other luxuries of which the Victorian Holmes never dreamed.[5]}}Vincent Starrett stated that while the Stoll films were a little slow, their fidelity to the source material often surpassed later more elaborate adaptations.[11]Bioscope claimed that "As popular attractions, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes are, in our opinion, considerably the best things yet shown by Stoll."[12]References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book |last=Barnes|first=Alan| authorlink=Alan Barnes (writer) |title=Sherlock Holmes on Screen |year=2002 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |pages=13 |isbn=1-903111-04-8 }} {{HolmesFilms}}2. ^{{cite web |last=King|first=Susan|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/09/entertainment/la-et-classic-hollywood9-2009dec09 |title=On the trail of the cinematic Sherlock Holmes |date=9 December 2009|accessdate=1 January 2012 |publisher=Los Angeles Times }} 3. ^1 2 {{cite book |last=Eyles|first=Allen|title=Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration |year=1986 |publisher=Harper & Row |pages=62 |isbn=0-06-015620-1 }} 4. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book |last=Barnes|first=Alan| authorlink=Alan Barnes (writer) |title=Sherlock Holmes on Screen |year=2002 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |pages=14 |isbn=1-903111-04-8 }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite book |last=Starrett|first=Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Starrett |title=The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes |year=1993 |publisher=Otto Penzler Books |pages=156 |isbn=1-883402-05-0 }} 6. ^1 {{cite book|last=Boström|first=Mattias|title=From Holmes to Sherlock|publisher=Mysterious Press|year=2018|page=158|ISBN=978-0-8021-2789-1}} 7. ^1 {{cite book |last=Barnes|first=Alan| authorlink=Alan Barnes (writer) |title=Sherlock Holmes on Screen |year=2002 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |pages=61 |isbn=1-903111-04-8 }} 8. ^{{cite book |last=Barnes|first=Alan| authorlink=Alan Barnes (writer) |title=Sherlock Holmes on Screen |year=2002 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |pages=53 |isbn=1-903111-04-8 }} 9. ^{{cite book |last=Barnes|first=Alan| authorlink=Alan Barnes (writer) |title=Sherlock Holmes on Screen |year=2002 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |pages=172 |isbn=1-903111-04-8 }} 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196972/|title=The Stone of Mazarin|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=29 May 2016}} 11. ^{{cite book |last=Starrett|first=Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Starrett |title=The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes |year=1993 |publisher=Otto Penzler Books |pages=156–157 |isbn=1-883402-05-0 }} 12. ^{{cite book |last=Barnes|first=Alan| authorlink=Alan Barnes (writer) |title=Sherlock Holmes on Screen |year=2002 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |pages=15 |isbn=1-903111-04-8 }} 6 : 1920s crime films|English-language films|Films directed by Maurice Elvey|Sherlock Holmes films based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle|British film series|Sherlock Holmes film series |
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