In other words, there's a bit of truth in the Holmes stories.
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Picture Of Doctor Joseph Bell.
The Real Life Sherlock Holmes
Posted on 01/14/2016 4:42:36 PM PST by marktwain
Yes that was him.
It also was the Sherlock Holmes Encyclopedia instead of dictionary. Darn I hate getting old.
I have seen as many as have been made, Sherlock Holmes movies of all kinds and have some on discs. I've loved the stories since I was a kid.
LOL...just keep saying that you aren’t “old”, you just know too much, so it takes a while to pull up the right answer. :-)
Yes I remember Conan Doyle describing Dr. Bell. He would bring in an indigent patient, look him over and then describe everything about him to the medical students. He would always be right.
I’ll take the series played by Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke.
That series was fantastic.
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Picture Of Doctor Joseph Bell.
The Real Life Sherlock Holmes
I agree with you.
I will never forget the first Sherlock Holmes novel I read, 8th grade, Hound of the Baskervilles. I then proceeded to read all the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels. I read one this summer that I didn’t know existed.
The long-thought “lost” film starring William Gillette as Sherlock, from 1915, was recently found and released on dvd. I always thought he was credited with a lot of the characteristics later associated with Holmes, as he made a career out of the character on stage. First portraying him in 1899, if I’m recalling correctly. But the film itself is a bit stiff and stagey.
I’m rather partial to Rathbone and Bruce.
And speaking of Holmes, has anyone else ever read any of the other early, famous fictional detectives, like Craig Kennedy or Nick Carter?
Goodness!
Dr. Bell looks just like what I imagine Sherlock Holmes to have looked like.
Nero Wolfe
I’ve always liked that Pic. I believe it may be the reason Gillette chose the now famous deerstalker cap.
I think Edgar Allan Poe invented the detective story with Murders in the Rue Morgue.
I can’t remember the detective’s name except his last name was Dupin.
John Watson: Crime Doctor!
Okay, any takers on the movie that's from?
OH I got that silent version I pre order on Flicker Alley yeah by William Gillette if you see DVD bonus feature they talk about it they found it
I think I might have heard that. I’ve seen the 1932 movie, of course, but it supposedly has little to do with the Poe story. Bela Lugosi as the villain and Leon Ames the hero.
There was a lot of serialized fiction stories in those late-1800s newspaper supplements, but I suppose most is lost to time, unless the author was famous enough to have his work re-collected in hardback. I have some original, turn-of-the-century “dime novels,” but they don’t make for very interesting reading. At least, compared to the pulps that followed in the 1920s/30s.
I have had the EXACT same criticism of other “updated” Sherlock Holmes stories. For that matter Holmes would have seen through Irene Adler disguise, especially when she ventured to speak to him.
I haven’t seen the new special you spoke about, but I’ve seen all the other shows in this BBC series. I never thought it intended to be a “classic” Holmes and Watson series. It’s a “cheeky” (to use a Brit term) look at Holmes and Watson and I find it fun to watch.
The BBC has done some outstanding “retelling” of some classic literature. One of the best, for Jane Austen fans, was “Lost in Austen”...is it true to the regular story, no, but it’s a delightfully fun look at the book through a different view.
Anyone even slightly familiar with Holmes would guess that Dr. Watson is the alter ego of Conan Doyle.
I have a DVD about Sherlock Holmes in which there is a short film of Sir Arthur, playing with his dog then sitting on a bench and giving a brief statement about Holmes.
Conan Doyle comes across as very much the affable Dr. Watson played by Bruce.
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