A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Clive Brook. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Clive Brook [Sherlock Holmes], H. Reeves-Smith [Doctor Watson], Betty Lawford [Mary Watson], Charles Hay [Captain Longmore], Phillips Holmes [Roger Longmore], Donald Crisp [Colonel Moran], Harry T. Morey [Professor Moriarty], Hubert Druce [Sergeant Gripper], Arthur Mack

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount All Talking Picture]. / Produced by Basil Dean. Executive producer, David O. Selznick. Screenplay by Basil Dean and Garrett Fort, from the stories “The Dying Detective” and “His Last Bow” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Cinematography by William Steiner Jr. (William O. Steiner). Edited by Helene Turner. / Released [?] 25 or 26? October 1929. Silent version runs 106 minutes at 6378 feet. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent) and [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound)? [?] Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system? / The production was shot at Paramount’s Astoria Studios on Long Island, New York, and on location. / Full-sound film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Characters: Sherlock Holmes - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 17 November 2022.

References: Everson-Detective pp. 9, 10; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 209 : Website-IMDb.