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The Great Lost Sherlock Holmes Movie

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It sounds like a great contemporary, unwritten Sherlock Holmes tale - the <a href="http://bfi.org.uk/">British Film Institute</a> and the <a href="http://museumoflondon.org.uk/">Museum of London</a> putting out a call for help in finding a Sherlock Holmes lost for almost a century.<br />
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But the effort is really happening, and Sherlockians have a role to play in solving this case.<br />
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Originally made in 1914, <b><a href="http://old.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/study-in-scarlet.html"><i>A Study in Scarlet</i></a></b>, was directed by George Pearson for the Samuelson Company. As the first British film adaptation of a Holmes novel, the film was shot in a variety of locations reflecting the novel, including Worton Hall studios (for interiors), <a href="http://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cheddar Gorge</a> in Somerset, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southport" target="_blank">Southport Sands</a> in Merseyside (which provided an excellent stand-in for the opening sequences of Mormons crossing Utah). Even though James Bragington was not an actor (but worked for the Samuelson Company), he managed to portray Holmes "excellently", according to Pearson's autobiography.<br />
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As the Museum of London prepares for <a href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/london-wall/whats-on/exhibitions-displays/sherlock-holmes/" target="_blank">the largest temporary exhibition on Holmes</a> in over 60 years, locating a copy of Pearson's film (<a href="http://blog.museumoflondon.org.uk/case-missing-sherlock-holmes-film/" target="_blank">presumed lost due to war efforts</a>) is not just a feather in a Sherlockian's cap, but represents a great victory for Holmesian scholars. The 1914 <b><i>A Study in Scarlet</i> </b>is a capstone and a reminder about the flexibility and endurability of the Great Detective. Even with Holmes' predominance in popular culture, there is something uniquely thrilling about watching a cinematic narrative about Holmes and Watson. As the <b><i>Kinematograph Monthly Film Record</i></b> said in their November 1914 review of <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>:<br />
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It is a truism to say that Sherlock Holmes is always welcome on the screen. The few film adaptations to be seen of Conan Doyle’s great series are, we believe, immensely popular with all classes of people, and there are certainly a great number yet of those famous detective adventures which might be turned into pictures with advantage. Personally we do not think that either the “legitimate” drama or the picture drama can recapture for us the first fine careless rapture we felt when we came upon these stories in their original version. But we are firmly of opinion that in visualising what is, at its finest, a purely literary pleasure, viz., a high-class detective yarn, the screen has hitherto proved itself a superior medium to the stage."</blockquote>
Bryony Dixon, curator, Silent Film, at the BFI National Archive said:<br />
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Every archivist dreams of finding lost films. But this is a film of great importance. Sherlock Holmes is internationally renowned as a great detective. It would be wonderfully appropriate if a super-sleuth could help us celebrate the centenary of this film with a chance to see it."</blockquote>
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If you have any knowledge about where a copy might be located, or can provide some insight into where to look, please e-mail <a href="https://www.blogger.com/Sherlock.holmes@bfi.org.uk">Sherlock.holmes@bfi.org.uk</a>
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The Great Lost Sherlock Holmes Movie

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Sherlockian ALS #IceBucketChallenge

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By now you should be familiar with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. If not, please come out from under your rock so someone can douse you with a bucket of ice water.<br />
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We (that is our executive editor, Scott) were challenged and produced <a href="http://youtu.be/BhrA3PBVf9c" target="_blank">a rather unusual response</a> a couple of weeks ago. So unusual that it prompted <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty6-Ug1wk-0" target="_blank">a me-too video from none other than Sir Patrick Stewart</a>.<br />
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In the meantime we've seen other Sherlockians such as Baker Street Babes <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lyndsay.faye/posts/10152414598553073" target="_blank">Lyndsay</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6w0S332mCw&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Kristina</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ashley.polasek.1?fref=ts" target="_blank">Ashley</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10101653795767151" target="_blank">Heather</a> (among others) have stepped up to take the challenge.<br />
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Now here's where it gets interesting. Heather nominated one of our correspondents, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search/label/Tim%20Greer#.U_zyxfldWAU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Greer</a>. And here's Tim's cool response as he channels Sherlock Holmes:<br />
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So there you have it! We hope we'll be lucky enough to see 13 participants at <a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/g2b4main.html" target="_blank">From Gillette to Brett IV</a> (click for more information) band together for a group dousing. Perhaps the hotel pool can accommodate the Baker's (Street) dozen that's required. Pack your swimsuits!<br />
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Sherlock Takes Home 7 Emmys

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In its third series, the BBC / PBS drama <i>Sherlock</i> has won seven Emmy Awards. Actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as well as writer and co-creator Steven Moffat each picked up an award during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" target="_blank">the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards</a> that aired on NBC on August 25.<br />
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Each of the two seasons had received Emmy nominations: Series 1 netted four nominations in 2011 and Series 2 brought in 13 nominations in 2012. This year Series 3 was nominated in 12 categories. But this was the year that nominations turned into wins for the show.<br />
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Benedict Cumberbatch won for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and Martin Freeman won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. Freeman had been nominated in the same category in 2012 and received a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor in 2011. Cumberbatch won a Critics Choice Award in 2012 for Best Movie/Miniseries Actor and had been nominated for an Emmy in 2012. Interestingly, he was up against Freeman in this category this year.<br />
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This also marked Steven Moffat's first Emmy win for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special, an award he received for the <i>Sherlock</i> episode "His Last Vow." In his speech, he called out Mark Gatiss, whom he said deserved to be up there with him, as Sherlock was just as much a product of his work as it was Moffat's.<br />
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Here is a playlist of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6m8pknf2xi_w_S3N7Zq2sr-vglTU_Hzv" target="_blank">the three nominations and/or speeches</a>.<br />
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The awards not televised last night were part of a separate ceremony, the <b>66th Annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards</b>, held last weekend. That event brought home an additional four Emmy Awards for <i>Sherlock</i>: Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special, Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Movie, and Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score). <br />
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The full array of nominations and wins can be seen below:<br />
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actor_in_a_Miniseries_or_a_Movie" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie">Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Won</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Miniseries_or_a_Movie" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie">Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie</a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Freeman" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Martin Freeman">Martin Freeman</a></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Won</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_for_a_Miniseries,_Movie_or_a_Dramatic_Special" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special">Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">"His Last Vow"</td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Nominated</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Miniseries,_Movie_or_a_Dramatic_Special" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special">Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special</a></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Won</td></tr>
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Sherlock Takes Home 7 Emmys

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Episode 67: The Sherlock Holmes Collections

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Well, we've done it. We've finally produced a mega-episode. And what better topic to go all epic on you than the outsized <a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/scrbm/holmes" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Collections</a> at the University of Minnesota Libraries? Our guest this episode is Tim Johnson, Curator of Special Collections and Rare Books and E. W. McDiarmid Curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries.<br />
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Tim gives us a nice history of the <a href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/" target="_blank">Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota</a> and the beginnings of the Sherlock Holmes Collections at the university, which was made possible through a number of personal relationships. It includes the additions from the collections of James Iraldi, Philip Hench, Edith Meiser, John Bennett Shaw and Allen Mackler that have contributed to the basis of the vast and varied items that number more than 60,000.<br />
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But we would have been remiss if we didn't spend time on John Bennett Shaw, BSI ("The Hans Sloane of My Age"), who was affectionately known as The Grand Acquisitor and who had all of the collecting discernment of a vacuum cleaner.<br />
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Tim opines on what's next for collectors and the Collections alike, and gives us a hint as to what to expect as far out as 2016. If you're a researcher or just a curious Sherlockian, there is much available to you, either on a visit to the library or to their site online.<br />
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Scott shares a tale of collecting woe - a long sought-after treasure disappears in the blink of an eye. What's a collector to do?<br />
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We head way back to an early edition of the <i>Baker Street Journal</i> - 1946, to be exact - to find our inspiration in "<i>De Jure Inter Gentes</i>" (Vol. 1, No. 3).<br />
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<li><u><a href="http://youtu.be/BhrA3PBVf9c" target="_blank">Scott's ice bucket challenge</a></u></li>
<li>The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/08/7th-circuit-orders-conan-doyle-estate.html" target="_blank">orders legal fees paid in #FreeSherlock case</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.museumoflondon.org.uk/case-missing-sherlock-holmes-film/" target="_blank">The case of the missing Sherlock Holmes film</a></li>
<li>Christies and the Museum of London team up to produce <a href="http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/museum-of-london-to-launch-sherlock-holmes-inspired-tweed/040600" target="_blank">a Sherlock Holmes tweed</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-a-hoey-dead-producer-726417" target="_blank">Michael Hoey has passed away</a> at 79. Hear our interview with him on <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/10/episode-36-michael-hoey-and-fabulous.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 36</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/scrbm/holmes" target="_blank">The Sherlock Holmes Collections</a> at the University of Minnesota Libraries</li>
<li><a href="http://umedia.lib.umn.edu/dasearch/%2522john%2520bennett%2520shaw%2522%2520talks?mode=basic" target="_blank">The John Bennett Shaw Talks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/pdf/holmes/Shaw100.pdf" target="_blank">The Shaw 100 - the Basic Holmesian Library</a></li>
<li>Tim's blog: <a href="http://umbookworm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Special and Rare on a Stick</a></li>
<li>On Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/UMBookworm" target="_blank">@UMBookworm</a> (Tim), <a href="https://twitter.com/NEofMN" target="_blank">@NEofMN</a> (Norwegian Explorers)</li>
<li>On Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/572794092812100/" target="_blank">The Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota</a></li>
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