Sherlock Holmes

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Sherlock Holmes

1922,

1h 49m,

Mystery & Thriller

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78%

9 Reviews

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35%

50+ Ratings

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9 Reviews

35%

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50+ Ratings

Sherlock Holmes (John Barrymore) is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. Prince Alexis (Reginald Denny) is accused of a theft that he insists he didn't commit. The evidence is stacked against him, but Holmes' trusted friend, Dr. Watson (Roland Young), vouches for the prince. As the famed detective investigates, he's brought face to face with his most devious adversary yet — Professor Moriarty (Gustav von Seyffertitz).

Mabel McElliott

New York Daily News

May 17, 2021

No less a person than the ineffable Roland Young plays Watson! That in itself is worth the price of admission.

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NYT Staff

New York Times

Nov 8, 2019

There are several problems, but none of them is of compelling interest, and they are solved as much by the superior knowledge and power of the playwright as by anything Sherlock Holmes is seen to do.

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Fred Schader

Variety

Nov 8, 2019

It certainly is a picture that can be truthfully billed as an 'all-star production" without fear of a comeback.

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Robert E. Sherwood

LIFE

Oct 7, 2021

John Barrymore appears as the great detective himself. He is remarkably good -- better, in fact, than he has ever been before on the screen.

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Adele Whitley Fletcher

Motion Picture Magazine

Nov 14, 2020

The production, possessing a very definite artistic quality, also is interspersed with sensational episodes which jog the senses.

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Harriette Underhill

New York Tribune

Nov 8, 2019

Sherlock Holmes is interesting as a picture chiefly because of the cast and the exteriors.

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Kylo R

Jul 16, 2010

John Barrymore as Sherlock Holmes and William Powell as a villan of sorts. Tough to go wrong. This is one of the earliest surviving films from Powell's filmography. The play that served as the basis for this film was previously used for a 1916 silent French Sherlock Holmes film and was used for Rathbone and Bruce's The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes (1939). It also served as the basis for a re-written version of the play that was retouched by Rathbone's wife for Rathbone in 1951. That version of the play bombed. On Blu-Ray.

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Albert Parker

Director

John Barrymore

Sherlock Holmes

Roland Young

Dr. Watson

Carol Dempster

Alice Faulkner

Gustave von Seyffertitz

Professor Moriarty

Louis Wolheim

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Synopsis

Sherlock Holmes (John Barrymore) is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. Prince Alexis (Reginald Denny) is accused of a theft that he insists he didn't commit. The evidence is stacked against him, but Holmes' trusted friend, Dr. Watson (Roland Young), vouches for the prince. As the famed detective investigates, he's brought face to face with his most devious adversary yet — Professor Moriarty (Gustav von Seyffertitz).

Director: Albert Parker
Screenwriter: Earle Brown, Marion Fairfax
Distributor: Kino International
Production Co: Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 7, 1922, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jul 7, 2009
Runtime: 1h 49m

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