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Sherlock Holmes (1922 film)

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes 1922 lobbycard.jpg
1922 lobby card
Directed by Albert Parker
Produced by F.J. Godsol
Written by Earle Browne
Marion Fairfax
Based on Sherlock Holmes
by William Gillette
Starring John Barrymore
Roland Young
Anders Randolph
William Powell
Hedda Hopper
Cinematography J. Roy Hunt
Distributed by Goldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • March 7, 1922 (1922-03-07)
Running time
109 minutes
136 1/2 minutes (1922 original)
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

Sherlock Holmes (released as Moriarty in the UK) is a 1922 American silent mystery drama film starring John Barrymore as Sherlock Holmes and Roland Young as Dr. John Watson.

The movie, which features the screen debuts of both William Powell (credited as William H. Powell) and Roland Young, was directed by Albert Parker and written by Earle Browne and Marion Fairfax from the 1899 play by William Gillette based upon Arthur Conan Doyle's characters, and was produced by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation.

The film was considered lost for decades (1967 MGM Vault fire), but was rediscovered in the mid-1970s and restored by George Eastman House.

Cambridge student Prince Alexis (Reginald Denny) is accused of stealing the athletic funds. Friend and fellow student Watson recommends he seek the assistance of classmate Sherlock Holmes. Meanwhile, while honing his observational skills out in the countryside, Holmes falls and is knocked unconscious. A young woman passerby, Alice Faulkner (Carol Dempster), comes to his aid, much to his delight.

Holmes accepts the case, and soon has a suspect, Forman Wells (William H. Powell). Wells eventually confesses he took the money to try to get away from Moriarty (Gustav von Seyffertitz); Wells is actually the son of a crook being groomed by the criminal mastermind for some later scheme. Fascinated, Holmes meets Moriarty face to face, impudently asking to study him, but of course Moriarty refuses to cooperate. Holmes informs Watson he has found his mission in life: to stop Moriarty.


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