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Sherlock Holmes Baffled

19001 minUnited States
MysteryCrimeFantasyComedy

Synopsis

Sherlock Holmes confronts a burglar who keeps vanishing before he can be caught. Even the stolen bag slips beyond the detective's control. Reasoned detection proves useless against a thief governed by camera tricks.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
0:35
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Arthur Marvin, American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

DirectorsArthur Marvin

Historical context

This is the earliest known screen appearance of Sherlock Holmes. Made for the Mutoscope, it borrows the detective's identity for a visual joke rather than adapting a Conan Doyle investigation.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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