#william gillette

[citizenscreen]

Peg Entwistle and William Gillette in the 1929 stage production “Sherlock Holmes.”

[holmesoldfellow]

December 1987 edition of the Radio Times commemorating 100 years of Sherlock Holmes

[jabbage]

I found out Louis Wain drew William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes - this is the perfect coming together of my interests.

Except... don't you think he looks a little lonely?

Now, I'm no Louis Wain, but perhaps I can just add a little...

Perfect!

[longwhisperingshadows]

William Gillette the first actor to ever play Sherlock Holmes. To my knowledge?

[randomnessoffiction]

Best Sherlock Holmes

William Gillette (1916)

Basil Rathbone (1939)

Peter Cushing (1959)

Jeremy Brett (1984)

Wishbone (1995)

Robert Downey Jr. (2009)

Benedict Cumberbatch (2010)

Jonny Lee Miller (2012)

Voting ended onSep 11, 2024

@beardedbarba Our boy Wishbone is definitely the underdog in this one!

[gregorygalloway]

Sherlock Holmes was released on 15 May 1916.

Adapted from the 1899 stage play, which starred William Gillette (who appeared in more than 1300 performances), who is responsible for Holmes' well-known deerstalker hat and calabash pipe, the screenplay incorporates elements of Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet, "A Scandal in Bohemia," and "The Final Problem."

[teaformrholmes]

TIL (via @fractalexplanations) that William Gillette built this "totally not a castle":

Sorry, Mr. Gillette, if it looks like a castle...!

Design highlights include:

Gillette designed 47 one-of-a-kind doors within the structure, each having a unique, elaborate latch intricately carved of wood. A built-in liquor cabinet could be locked by Gillette who then could view it from the second-floor balcony through one of three strategically placed mirrors.

I had no idea William Gillette was this eccentric (admiring, affectionate.)

[scholarofgloom]