Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery

1908 film

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Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery
Directed by	Fred J. Balshofer
Based on	Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
Produced by	Crescent Film Company
Starring	William Kolle
Production companies	Crescent Film Company, New York
Release date	November 27, 1908 (1908-11-27)
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery is a 1908 American silent film produced by the Crescent Film Company of New York, and directed by early film pioneer, Fred J. Balshofer. The film was released on 27 November 1908 and is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", which is considered the first detective story, though the plot was altered to include Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes instead of Poe's C. Auguste Dupin.

Holmes was played by veteran stage actor William Kolle, star of the Venetian Gardens Theater at Brooklyn's Prospect Hall. This film featured the first cinematic appearance of Dr. Watson, who was portrayed by an unknown actor.

References

Davies, David Stuart (1977). Holmes of the Movies: The Screen Career of Sherlock Holmes. Bramhall House. p. 17. ISBN 0517232790.
Steinbrunner, Chris; Michaels, Norman (1978). The Films of Sherlock Holmes. Citadel Press. p. 8. ISBN 080650739X.
"Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery". The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
Bunson, Matthew E. (1997). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana: The Complete A-Z Guide to the World of the Great Detective. Macmillan. p. 236. ISBN 9780028616797.

External links

Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery at IMDb

Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes

Theatrical films

Silent

Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
Éclair film series (1912–1913)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
Detektiv Braun (1914)
A Study in Scarlet (1914 British film)
A Study in Scarlet (1914 US film)
The Valley of Fear (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)

Stoll series	The Dying Detective (1921) The Devil's Foot (1921) The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921) The Sign of Four (1923)

Wontner series

Rathbone–Bruce
series

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Voice of Terror (1942)
Secret Weapon (1942)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1943)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)

Downey series

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
A Game of Shadows (2011)

Other films

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
The Limejuice Mystery (1930)
The Speckled Band (1931)
Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
Sherlock Holmes (1932)
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)
The Grey Lady (1937)
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
Deduce, You Say! (1956)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Deadly Necklace (1962)
A Study in Terror (1965)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Murder by Decree (1979)
The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Without a Clue (1988)
Zero Effect (1998)
A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
Mr. Holmes (2015)
The Empire of Corpses (2015)
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
Holmes & Watson (2018)
Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape (2019)

Television/
streaming/
direct-to-video

Films

Ian Richardson	The Sign of Four (1983) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
Peter O'Toole (animated)	Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983)
Vasily Livanov series	Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) The Treasures of Agra (1983) The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)
Christopher Lee	The Leading Lady (1991) Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
Matt Frewer	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000) The Sign of Four (2001) The Royal Scandal (2001) The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
Ian Hart (as Watson)	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) The Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
Other films	The Three Garridebs (1937) The Man Who Disappeared (1951) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972) The Longing of Sherlock Holmes (1972) Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery (1974) The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976) Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) Silver Blaze (1977) The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It (1977) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) The Masks of Death (1984) The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) Hands of a Murderer (1990) The Crucifer of Blood (1991) 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993) The Hound of London (1993) Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002) Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007) Sherlock Holmes (2010) Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)

Television series

Sherlock Holmes (1951)
Sherlock Holmes (1954)
Sherlock Holmes (1965–1968)
Sherlock Holmes (1967–1968)
Sherlock Holmes (1968)
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979–1980)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)
The Baker Street Boys (1983)
Sherlock Hound (1984–1985)
Sherlock Holmes (1984–1994)
- episodes
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)
Sherlock (2010–2017)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (2010–2016)
Aria the Scarlet Ammo (2011)
Elementary (2012–2019)
Sherlock Holmes (2013)
Sherlock Holmes (2014–2015)
Miss Sherlock (2018)
Sherlock: Untold Stories (2019)
Case File nº221: Kabukicho (2019–2020)
Moriarty the Patriot (2020–2021)
Sherlock in Russia (2020)
The Irregulars (2021)
Mademoiselle Holmes (2024)
Sherlock & Daughter (2025; upcoming)
Watson (2025; upcoming)
Young Sherlock (2025; upcoming)

Actors by role

v t e Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin
Stories	"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" "The Purloined Letter"
Adaptations	Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986) Morgue Street (2012)

v t e Films directed by Fred J. Balshofer
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908) Davy Crockett – In Hearts United (1909) An Engineer's Sweetheart (1910) An Indian Love Story (1911) A Corner in Cotton (1916) The Masked Rider (1916) Pidgin Island (1916) The Haunted Pajamas (1917) Paradise Garden (1917) The Square Deceiver (1917) Broadway Bill (1918) The Isle of Love (1922) The Three Buckaroos (1922)

Films directed by Fred J. Balshofer

Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
Davy Crockett – In Hearts United (1909)
An Engineer's Sweetheart (1910)
An Indian Love Story (1911)
A Corner in Cotton (1916)
The Masked Rider (1916)
Pidgin Island (1916)
The Haunted Pajamas (1917)
Paradise Garden (1917)
The Square Deceiver (1917)
Broadway Bill (1918)
The Isle of Love (1922)
The Three Buckaroos (1922)

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