"You Will Find That the Clips Are Too" [GOLD]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/6540058639/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Sherlock Series 2 BBC Poster by Scott Monty, on Flickr"><img alt="Sherlock Series 2 BBC Poster" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6540058639_770c819209_m.jpg" width="164" /></a>The BBC series "<b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018ttws">Sherlock</a></b>" is making is second series run on BBC One this holiday season.<br /><br />If you <b><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2010/10/something-more-modern-houn.html">missed the first one</a></b> (viewed in the United States on Masterpiece Mystery), you're in for a real treat. The series takes the original stories and characters and updates them for the 21st century. Watson is returning from Afghanistan (strange how some conflicts never end) and Holmes is an oddity of a consulting/science machine that lives alone in Baker Street. The two share rooms and Watson is there to chronicle Holmes's cases (albeit with <b><a href="http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/">Dr. Watson's Blog</a></b> rather than the <i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/01/i-even-embodied-it-in-small-brochure.html"><b>Strand Magazine</b></a></i>). And instead of chemical retorts and tobacco ash research, Holmes relies on GPS and his iPhone, among other devices.<br /><br />Lest you thumb your nose at such a modernization of the character, o traditional Sherlock Holmes fan, let us remind you that the Basil Rathbone series was almost, in its entirety, set in modern-day England. This new series manages to update the stories while paying proper respect to the stories from which inspired it. The co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are each students of the Canon.<br /><br />Here we have <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAFD3D45AD81DC848">a two-video playlist</a></b> of clips from the upcoming season.<br /><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="244" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLAFD3D45AD81DC848&hl=en_US" width="480"></iframe></center><br /><i><br /></i><br />The episodes should be truly excellent, with titles like "A Scandal in Belgravia," "The Hounds of Baskerville," and "The Reichenbach Fall," all clearly taken from "A Scandal in Bohemia," <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i> and "The Final Problem."<br /><br />Have you seen the first series? What are your expectations from the second? Let us know in a comment here on the site.<br /><br /><i>When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity.</i><br />--<br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B004132I20" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>  <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B00499LTLM" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>  <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B004132HZS" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>

"You Will Find That the Clips Are Too" [GOLD]

The BBC series " Sherlock " is making is second series run on BBC One this holiday season. If you missed the first one (viewed in...

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by Scott Monty

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - a First Review

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "The curious sequel of our investigation" [SOLI]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6464325839_eb75b1df37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6464325839_eb75b1df37.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> [<i>Editor's note</i>: the following is the first is a series of reviews by contributors to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere.]<br /> <br /> I should start by mentioning that I enjoyed Guy Ritchie’s first <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OQCV6K/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001OQCV6K"><i>Sherlock Holmes</i></a>. There were elements that grated, but I thought it was an overall fun action film. To quote Roger Ebert, “The less I thought about Sherlock Holmes, the more I enjoyed Sherlock Holmes.” For the sequel, “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” I was already familiar with Guy Ritchie’s version of Holmes’ world and was able to become a little more immersed in the story, having established the rules of the game in the first film. Though there were certainly still points that could have been improved upon, I left the theater with a grin on my face.<br /> <br /> The film starts with Watson at his typewriter, establishing right away that this is all one long flashback - we are viewing his account of the adventure. The year is 1891, and a series of bombings throughout Europe have led to the straining of already tense relations of the continent’s nations, particularly those between France and Germany.<br /> <br /> To assure the viewer of exactly what we are in for, as if we didn’t know, things start with a very loud bang - literally. Along with an explosion, we see Holmes in disguise, Holmes fighting multiple opponents in the same slow-motion style as was utilized in the first film, our first glimpse of Moriarty being delightfully creepy without becoming melodramatic, and a character ends a brief cameo by being murdered. All of this happens before the opening credits.<br /> <br /> I should take a moment to point out that it is not all one massive adrenaline rush. I thought the movie was well paced for an action film, and there are a few quieter moments that are taken advantage of, particularly the wedding of Dr. John Watson and Miss Mary Morstan. It is a brief scene, but in it we see Holmes’ reaction to his best and only friend getting married, and it is appropriately bittersweet. On the other end of the emotional spectrum are moments of suspense given weight by Jared Harris’ shiver-inducing performance as Moriarty. When Holmes and his archenemy meet face to face for the first time, it is all restrained gentility and diabolical undertones. They even manage to work in a nod to the original Canon.<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: x-small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.sunjournal.com/files/imagecache/story_large/2011/12/14/ENCsherlockP121611.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://www.sunjournal.com/files/imagecache/story_large/2011/12/14/ENCsherlockP121611.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span> As I said before, this is a sequel and works within the already established changes of the first film. Differences from what fans of the Great Detective might expect are to be, well, expected. This time there were two elements that sort of threw me off, though as more of a mild annoyance than anything else. Holmes is seen in disguise many times in this film, and while that is excellent in concept, the disguises themselves were obviously designed to get a chuckle from the audience, rather than show Holmes’ skill in the art. Then there’s Mycroft Holmes. Stephen Fry gives an excellent performance, he rejoices in the character’s stuffy aristocratic omniscience, is given a fun tweak in calling Holmes “Shirley” just to annoy his brother... and then we see him in his office, nude. Not doing anything in particular, apparently just preferring not to wear clothes while he goes over correspondence and tells an understandably flustered Mrs. Watson (who is nicely utilized - take that Doyle) that he is starting to understand why a man might possibly want to associate with “a person of your, ah... gender.” The scene is funny, no denying it, but very superfluous.<br /> <br /> The only issue I had with the film itself, outside of Canonical derivations, was one sequence in which the heroes and company are running through a forest and the slow-motion I had grown accustomed to seeing for the majority of Holmes’ fight scenes becomes so excessive it killed the momentum of the film at that point. Lots of explosions? Fine, it’s a Guy Ritchie film with anarchist bombers and steampunk weapon manufacturers (automatic pistol, anyone?), there will be lots of explosions. An over-the-top moment for the villain to torture his nemesis while singing along to opera? The cliche actually works well, which was somewhat surprising, thanks largely to the torture itself being relatively mild and Jared Harris obviously enjoying being evil so much. The slow-motion, however, works when Holmes is narrating his thought process for each fight, but to have an entire scene of running with explosions and trees shattering from artillery fire all done in jerky stop and go slow-motion is too much. They’re trying to escape - just let them run!<br /> <br /> One thing I think many people had problems with in the first film was Robert Downey Jr’s performance. I have to admit, it grows on me. His Holmes is manically obsessed with Moriarty, to the point where the start of the film made me wince a little. “Please don’t let him be this crazy the entire film”, I thought to myself. <br /> <br /> Fortunately, while maintaining his own brand of a quirkier, scruffier Holmes, the craziness gives way to a comparatively much more Holmes-ish intensity. His fights are all well choreographed, more like dances with weaponry than fights, and Downey gets to display some of his martial arts knowledge by working it into Holmes’ demonstrations of bartitsu. He also gives something of a justification for his character’s strange behavior. While dancing around a room in which he knows an assassin is hiding, his partner (a rather two-dimensional gypsy played by the lovely Noomi Rapace) asks, “What do you see?” His response? “Everything. That is my curse.” As was hinted in the first film, this is a Holmes who literally observes everything, and can’t turn it off. No wonder he’s a little crazy.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/peoplescritic/files/2011/12/Sherlock2.jpg"><img border="0" height="404" src="http://blog.seattlepi.com/peoplescritic/files/2011/12/Sherlock2.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> <br /> Fortunately for him, and us, he has Watson. I loved Jude Law’s portrayal of the Good Doctor in the first film, and he does not disappoint this time either. Watson primarily provides backup with his trusty revolver, but he is still granted some clever moments of ingenuity. Law’s portrayal of Watson, in addition to maintaining a slight limp through the whole film, is every bit the soldier, a soldier who simply wants to have his honeymoon in peace and quiet but who will also follow his frien<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">d no matter what because he knows he is needed. </span><br /> <div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <h4> [POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT]</h4> They maintain the “Odd-Couple” bickering that was seen in the first film, but there are some small touches this time around that add shades of a deeper bond to their friendship, making them a little more believably best friends rather than just action hero partners. For example, during Watson’s very impromptu bachelor’s party (Holmes is not the best best-man in the world) the doctor declares that he is going to gamble. Holmes’ response is that Watson should give him the wedding ring, a request which Watson scoffs at and derides as Holmes has never professed any interest in performing his ‘best man’ duties. Holmes, mildly abashed, very quietly protests that he doesn’t want Watson losing the ring on a bet. This reference to Watson’s “gambling problem” (the fact that Holmes keeps his cheque book locked up and that Watson is ‘familiar with the turf’ at the very least) also illustrates how much Holmes really does watch out for his friend. Similarly, Watson gets to display how much he cares about Holmes a couple of times, once when he thinks Holmes has died, and once when he... well. Thinks Holmes has died. The first happens on a train. The second happens at a peace conference by a waterfall in Switzerland. <br /> <br /> It is a great scene. I knew what was coming and I still gasped.<br /> <br /> The Russian playwright Anton Chekov once said, "If in Act I you have a pistol hanging on the wall, then it must fire in the last act." Apparently, the writers behind “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” must have studied, or at least Googled, Anton Chekov. Every reference made to everything throughout, no matter how ridiculous it may have seemed initially, gets used and/or referenced and/or wrapped up at a later time... except, of course, for the fate of Holmes and Moriarty. We know Holmes lives - so does anyone in the audience who hasn’t read the books by the very end - but it is still a classic (campy?) question mark ending, with just enough being left open for the next film in the franchise to expand upon. And, to be honest, this time I’m rather looking forward to it.</div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <i>Kate writes at <a href="http://www.thediaryofdrwatts.com/">The Diary of Dr. Watts</a>.</i><br /> --</div>

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - a First Review

"The curious sequel of our investigation" [SOLI] [ Editor's note : the following is the first is a series of reviews by c...

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by Katie Magnusson

"Still, Elementary As It Was" [BLAN]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkuWtv65KxW4U0KlfiEq2txDmw_trsb7You3kIntPfOnxRyCiBghYMPCG3wxiKh-YU9LnoUAV8Lj6Adnqqss8Df0O08u-kt7od65GuPt0mbS4OobJJcjLY_29UihRloNZ3otk2r5Ji37E/s1600/GAME-Poster3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkuWtv65KxW4U0KlfiEq2txDmw_trsb7You3kIntPfOnxRyCiBghYMPCG3wxiKh-YU9LnoUAV8Lj6Adnqqss8Df0O08u-kt7od65GuPt0mbS4OobJJcjLY_29UihRloNZ3otk2r5Ji37E/s200/GAME-Poster3.jpg" width="135" /></a></div>The latest stills and posters are out for <b><i><a href="http://www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_info/m12941/Sherlock_Holmes_A_Game_Of_Shadows/">Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</a></i></b>. It's a reminder that production has ceased and we're in the home stretch for the screening, which will be on December 16. If you happen to live in the UK, you can see the film (alternatively known in some circles as "<a href="http://www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_info/m12941/Sherlock_Holmes_A_Game_Of_Shadows/" style="font-weight: bold;">Sherlock Holmes 2</a>") at your local ODEON cinema - click through to find the one nearest you.<br /><br />And while we have a good sense as to what to expect from the last film, there is no doubt that the sequel brings to us a certain level of intrigue, as it features not only Holmes's archenemy Professor Moriarty, but also his brother Mycroft Holmes. Both characters seem to have more hair than their <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/4181732661/">original</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/4182496698/">illustrations</a> in "The Final Problem" and "The Greek Interpreter," respectively.<br /><br />You can have a look for yourself at the 60 images (stills, posters, etc.) <b><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/movie-stills/gallery/3086/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-stills">on the Yahoo! Movies site</a></b>.<br /><br />We've included some of the stylized posters here for your enjoyment. If you're reading this on email or an RSS reader, please click through to see the slideshow.<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><iframe align="center" frameborder="0" height="500" scrolling="no" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=&user_id=39297597@N00&set_id=72157627058381653&text=" width="500"></iframe><br /><small>Created with <a href="http://www.admarket.se/" title="Admarket.se">Admarket's</a> <a href="http://flickrslidr.com/" title="flickrSLiDR">flickrSLiDR</a>.</small></center><br /><br /><br /><i>When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity.</i><br />--

"Still, Elementary As It Was" [BLAN]

The latest stills and posters are out for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows . It's a reminder that production has ceased and we're ...

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by Scott Monty

New York's Department of Health Rules the Algonquin Cat a Health Hazard

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>"a cat-like love of personal cleanliness" [HOUN] </b></h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PqnMeOTjI-mhe-wb8H8_mby91LFO9_OsqdD60rFitl5FNZf-9YyahF4XcU2yxGj_qL3VeOggxmWNa0_Ihe7PjaCEGGEfpRbwTI2hXKWW2oS80qW3EntUj1tFgftxwFmOM_LPuJuLyESQ/s1600/Matilda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PqnMeOTjI-mhe-wb8H8_mby91LFO9_OsqdD60rFitl5FNZf-9YyahF4XcU2yxGj_qL3VeOggxmWNa0_Ihe7PjaCEGGEfpRbwTI2hXKWW2oS80qW3EntUj1tFgftxwFmOM_LPuJuLyESQ/s1600/Matilda.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> It's amazing to think, but it looks like the end is near for the famed lobby cat of the <a href="http://www.algonquinhotel.com/">Algonquin Hotel</a>.<br /> <br /> The Algonquin Hotel, which until recently was the unofficial headquarters of the <a href="http://bsiweekend.com/">Baker Street Irregulars weekend</a>, has had a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel#Hotel_traditions">tradition </a>in place since the 1930s, when Frank Case owned and ran the hotel that was the favorite of the literati in New York. There was always <a href="http://www.algonquinhotel.com/algonquin-cat">a cat in residence</a>, which had the run of the hotel (except the cooking and dining areas). While the original cat was named Rusty, because of the theatrical connections, he was known as Hamlet. In the course of the hotel's history, there have been 10 cats, males always being referred to as Hamlet and females as Matilda.<br /> <br /> Now it seems that New York City is cracking down on this health hazard (as the city's Department of Health would have us believe). Last week came the news that <b><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/meow_trage_at_algonquin_73LjLIUVYEdf5HITLCeroJ">the city is banishing Matilda from interacting with the guests in the hotel lobby</a></b>, forcing the hotel staff to keep her behind the front desk. So technically, she's no longer the "lobby cat," she's just the hotel cat.<br /> <br /> It's almost a relief that the BSI has relocated to the Yale Club just down the street. We find it hard to believe the tried-and-true Sherlockians descending on New York in chilly January, searching fruitlessly for little Matilda as they wait in the lobby.<br /> <br /> If you'd care to express your opinion directly to Matilda or the Algonquin, there are ways to do so.<br /> <ul> <li>Matilda/Hamlet have <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matilda-The-Algonquin-Cat/51291379554" style="font-weight: bold;">their own Facebook page</a> - perhaps you can "like" it and show your support</li> <li>You may <b><a href="mailto:matildaalgonquincat@algonquinhotel.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">send an email</a></b> directly</li> <li>You can tweet the hotel staff at <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/algonquinNYC" style="font-weight: bold;">@AlgonquinNYC</a> or visit <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlgonquinHotel">their Facebook page</a></b>.</li> </ul> <br /> Since the hotel simply has to comply with DOH wishes, perhaps you can direct any negative opinions or feedback to the NYC Department of Health:<br /> <ul> <li>Give them a 140-character piece of your mind on Twitter: <b><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/nychealthy">@NYCHealthy</a></b></li> <li>Drop by their <b><a href="http://nychealth.tumblr.com/">Tumblr blog</a></b> and leave a comment</li> <li>Sorry, no Facebook page for them. Although they do have <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/public/public.shtml#smedia">pages for condoms, HIV status, healthy eating, poison prevention and smoking cessation</a>.</li> </ul> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGICz0j44ztfksqPm_oA32eSLelcayw4NMQ4b2ZNeXpj9YkQS4WpA2HBwaCLgcTrWUl1lu93yydumuZfC-CST6ztAVM3eRWwfsly0OIJFnH5BfNM_Em3gGLffTS6hZrFG_EWfVDV8LjDvX/s1600/AlgonquinEarlyBird.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGICz0j44ztfksqPm_oA32eSLelcayw4NMQ4b2ZNeXpj9YkQS4WpA2HBwaCLgcTrWUl1lu93yydumuZfC-CST6ztAVM3eRWwfsly0OIJFnH5BfNM_Em3gGLffTS6hZrFG_EWfVDV8LjDvX/s1600/AlgonquinEarlyBird.PNG" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> We wonder what Holmes would have made of all of this...<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br /> <script type="text/javascript"> amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "scottmonty-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_design = "enhanced_links"; amzn_assoc_asins = "194490347X"; amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "db464ebb01307d3bedfa28a660cf1438"; </script><br /> <script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "scottmonty-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_design = "enhanced_links"; amzn_assoc_asins = "1942545444"; amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "c6a7be5a439682737a82c6c329302a04"; </script><br /> <script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script><br /></div>

New York's Department of Health Rules the Algonquin Cat a Health Hazard

"a cat-like love of personal cleanliness" [HOUN]  It's amazing to think, but it looks like the end is near for the famed...

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by Scott Monty

"Yes It Is, Ted" [VALL]

The <a href="http://ted.com/">TED</a> Talks have become a global stage for the world's innovators in the arts and sciences, all in 18 minutes. In this presentation, <b><a href="http://blog.ted.com/2011/09/26/a-doctors-touch-abraham-verghese-on-ted-com/">Stanford's Dr. Abraham Verghese reminds us</a></b> of the importance of physical observation of and contact with the patient - essential, Vergheses says, in this computer-coordinated and genomic-centered age. <br /><br /><center><object height="374" width="526"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011G/Blank/AbrahamVerghese_2011G-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AbrahamVerghese_2011G-embed.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1231&lang=en&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=abraham_verghese_a_doctor_s_touch;year=2011;theme=medicine_without_borders;event=TEDGlobal+2011;tag=Culture;tag=Science;tag=communication;tag=health;tag=health+care;tag=medicine;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /> <embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="526" height="374" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011G/Blank/AbrahamVerghese_2011G-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AbrahamVerghese_2011G-embed.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1231&lang=en&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=abraham_verghese_a_doctor_s_touch;year=2011;theme=medicine_without_borders;event=TEDGlobal+2011;tag=Culture;tag=Science;tag=communication;tag=health;tag=health+care;tag=medicine;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"></embed></object></center><div><br /></div>Verghese is a writer as well as a physician, and the role models he presents in this talk from <a href="http://conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2011/">TEDGlobal 2011</a> recorded in Edinburgh, Scotland  include, not surprisingly, Arthur Conan Doyle and a certain Dr. Joseph Bell...<div><br /><i>When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity.</i><br />--</div>

"Yes It Is, Ted" [VALL]

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by Scott Monty

Episode 37: The Lost Conan Doyle Manuscript

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>“I have in my pocket a manuscript,” [HOUN] </b></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hYgxoyewhHvDAuxEPshDNRXJuPq3ejrYHD-j2Y5GOXnJ_CSiz4BZ-6UT68vZuqqn2mT0-T-a4tZbBbQ46euKh-sx5IWfBhag2VJxq4de8FiWanElESHO57Ipj8oT12a7Wa577VU1KA7o6_PBI8Yznk71yBxWxnPMTB2XhN-SPYB91Ol3WN665NaC5w/s787/ihose37%20-%20Smith%20Lost%20Manuscript.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="787" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hYgxoyewhHvDAuxEPshDNRXJuPq3ejrYHD-j2Y5GOXnJ_CSiz4BZ-6UT68vZuqqn2mT0-T-a4tZbBbQ46euKh-sx5IWfBhag2VJxq4de8FiWanElESHO57Ipj8oT12a7Wa577VU1KA7o6_PBI8Yznk71yBxWxnPMTB2XhN-SPYB91Ol3WN665NaC5w/w640-h490/ihose37%20-%20Smith%20Lost%20Manuscript.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> You may recall that we had <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/11/episode-13-arthur-conan-doyle-life-in.html">Jon Lellenberg and Daniel Stashower on the show</a> [Episode 13] when they published <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3jQzgzF">Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters</a></i></b> in 2007. The pair has returned with another publication, but this time it's one that is even more intriguing.<br /> <br /> In 1883, when he was just twenty-three, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote <i><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2GMf6bT">The Narrative of John Smith</a></b></i> while he was living in Portsmouth and struggling to establish himself as both a doctor and a writer. He had already succeeded in having a number of short stories published in leading magazines of the day, such as <i>Blackwood’s</i>, <i>All the Year Round</i>, <i>London Society</i>, and the <i>Boy’s Own Paper </i>— but as was the accepted practice of literary journals of the time, his stories had been published anonymously. Thus, Conan Doyle knew that in order to truly establish his name as a writer, he would have to write a novel.<br /> <br /> The only wrinkle is that once Conan Doyle finished this novel, it went missing in the post, never to be seen again.<br /> <br /> Join Burt and Scott as we discover how this lost manuscript has made its way to publication, some 125 years after it was first written, and why it had never before made its way to the public eye.<br /> <br /> As to the Editor's Gas-Lamp for this episode...well, we'll make that our little surprise that you can discover within the show.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock037.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] 51.9 MB | 56:39</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/134349205&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /> <br /> <b>Links:</b><br /> <ul> <li><b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2GMf6bT">The Narrative of John Smith</a></i></b> (Amazon)</li> <li><a href="http://www.bl.uk/">The British Library</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.conandoylecollection.co.uk/">The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection</a><i></i></li><li>Episode 13: <a href="ihose.co/ihose13" target="_blank">Arthur Conan Doyle - A Life in Letters</a></li></ul> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://amzn.to/2GMf6bT" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuoDpbzp-DxO5GFKMM0O91-S2kll0sndAAA7monPuDutNQfZIf2Yw63T7nHU0PL9yGLI4j0KWeXg0GYTA-CFxRmUMRWyIAsWF9OjjFV6x57bnqDNT5yoG9dSw83CFXT8xpsHLn_KMRxRi/s1600/Conan+Doyle+Lost+Manuscript.jpg" width="215" /></a></div> <br /> Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email, call us at (774) 221-READ (7323) or drop by our <a href="http://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock">Facebook page</a>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> And as always, please visit our sponsors <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/">Wessex Press</a>.<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br /><br /></div><script type="text/javascript"> amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "scottmonty-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_design = "enhanced_links"; amzn_assoc_asins = "0712358412"; amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "f8c20ec970e6ce9d34a4fad94d653dd7"; </script> <script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script> </div>

Episode 37: The Lost Conan Doyle Manuscript

“I have in my pocket a manuscript,” [HOUN]  You may recall that we had Jon Lellenberg and Daniel Stashower on the show  [Episode 13] when t...

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by Scott Monty

"Many Thanks to You" [NAVA]

Enjoy this <a href="http://g.co/doodle/65fbyb">BSI-themed turkey</a> for Thanksgiving [hint: check the feather colors].<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItu4ZnavHKqZmSVW50o8NAq_a6XobMvWB-T52K6-As1si1YYI1Kgeu8uyfiJiAWBMNK0cCnqZUZn8ou49I1nOWnIO4cpW3WA4Q881mBL_GJZaEL3CG6OPsMUGW3tvPjZ-5WcvBoL7NzS-/s1600/Google+Doodle+Turkey.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItu4ZnavHKqZmSVW50o8NAq_a6XobMvWB-T52K6-As1si1YYI1Kgeu8uyfiJiAWBMNK0cCnqZUZn8ou49I1nOWnIO4cpW3WA4Q881mBL_GJZaEL3CG6OPsMUGW3tvPjZ-5WcvBoL7NzS-/s1600/Google+Doodle+Turkey.PNG" /></a></div><br /><br />You can customize and share your own <b><a href="http://g.co/doodle/65fbyb">on the Google homepage</a></b>.<br /><br />If you're celebrating the American holiday of Thanksgiving this week, we wish you the best. If not, we hope you have some turkey and enjoy that just the same.<br /><br />For our part, we'd like to express our sincere thanks for having you with us here on the <a href="http://bakerstreetblog.com/">Baker Street Blog</a>. If you look at the <b><i>"File It In Our Archives" [RETI]</i></b> header over in the right column of our site, you'll see that we've created 99 posts this year. That's more than in any of the last three years. And it's because we have your readership.<br /><br />We're thankful for having such a unique and unending source of material for you and we're grateful that we have a such a unique audience as yourselves. We hope to be able to continue these efforts indefinitely. If you'd like to help in any way, please see the "<b><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/p/about-me.html">About</a></b>" tab on our site for how you can do so.<br /><br />And until next time, thank you.<br /><br />--<br /><br />

"Many Thanks to You" [NAVA]

Enjoy this  BSI-themed turkey for Thanksgiving [hint: check the feather colors]. You can customize and share your own on the Google homepag...

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by Scott Monty

"Two Knight-Errants To the Rescue" [SIGN]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-U0mYx5v-AG_CUAwuEFtgHPFjclZ0PnGudiKHUkcyJLBlLxz-K-JwB04JQZBPBfHTzexmK6REC_gmwfd6jnMntdBKy3VtqJwvjzAe9s3z8d5ioq3z6bb7wfP5YTp2mVqs0TlgkBox5zE/s1600/Sherlock-Holmes-Cover-Col.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-U0mYx5v-AG_CUAwuEFtgHPFjclZ0PnGudiKHUkcyJLBlLxz-K-JwB04JQZBPBfHTzexmK6REC_gmwfd6jnMntdBKy3VtqJwvjzAe9s3z8d5ioq3z6bb7wfP5YTp2mVqs0TlgkBox5zE/s200/Sherlock-Holmes-Cover-Col.jpg" /></span></a></div> <i>(NOTE: Promotional art was provided for purposes of review only, and are kindly used with permission. Special thanks to Ken Janssens and Matthew Martin for their time and insights, and to Brant Fowler at Comic Related for bringing this to our attention)<br /></i>Holmes and Watson seem to be making a "comeback" of sorts in comics and graphic literature, appearing in a wide range of stories such as <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401228402/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1401228402"><i>Victorian Undead</i></a></b> and <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1606902172/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1606902172">Sherlock Holmes: Year One</a></i>.</b> This December, <a href="http://www.bluewaterprod.com/">Bluewater Productions</a> will be publishing the first issue of the <b><i>Sherlock Holmes: Victorian Knights</i></b> four-issue miniseries, just in time for the release of <b><i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/">Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</a></i>.</b><br /> <br /> Writer Ken Janssens and artist Matthew Martin were gracious enough to offer some of their insights around the upcoming series. For many Sherlockians who read this blog, this is a great opportunity to learn <i>how</i> writers and artists approach the canon when reinterpreting the character for a modern audience.<br /> <br /> According to Ken Janssens, the four-issue <b><i>Sherlock Holmes: Victorian Knights</i> </b>is actually "<i>...two interconnected stories. The first two issues deal with the murder of a prostitute and a haunting by a black spectre. The second two issues deal with the murder of one of the suspects from the first story.</i>" As a lifelong Sherlockian who was introduced to the canon via the Brett series (and who counts <a href="http://librivox.org/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-by-arthur-conan-doyle/"><b><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i></b></a> as his favorite Holmes novel), Janssens saw a unique challenge in writing the characters:<br /> <blockquote> <i>Writing them together in a scene is easier than writing them alone. There is a give and take, a yin and yang, that you get to play off of that is extremely fun. They love each other like brothers, but just like vastly-different brothers, they are constantly annoyed and rag on each other.</i></blockquote> Artist Matthew Martin, who resides in England with his wife and daughter, grew up with Holmes as part of his culture (and he, too, considers <b><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i></b> his favorite novel). For him, capturing not only the characters of Holmes and Watson - but the era in which they live - presented unique challenges:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-qov9g79BdRi7iWxEYP5kX-EkRetPxGTl6NTMzdZc8s0QaxmN3ihMs8Ja5iPJ4-5oww5-Tf_Vrgol8A67abYbmIfcEX5qXzIfL2j0toSL-OHebMkIIXqJMWXYdEdt-lv9G27keHHzyVQ/s1600/Sherlock-Holmes-Page-3-LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-qov9g79BdRi7iWxEYP5kX-EkRetPxGTl6NTMzdZc8s0QaxmN3ihMs8Ja5iPJ4-5oww5-Tf_Vrgol8A67abYbmIfcEX5qXzIfL2j0toSL-OHebMkIIXqJMWXYdEdt-lv9G27keHHzyVQ/s200/Sherlock-Holmes-Page-3-LR.jpg" width="130" /></a></div> <blockquote> <i>... I used the Robert Downey Jr version of Holmes more as inspiration than the classic look, which will probably be a contentious choice for some fans....With Watson I went the opposite way, going a bit more classical with choices like the facial hair...I loved creating the buildings and setting the scenes, I always find the more challenging aspect character related in terms of being consistent and really bringing them to life.</i></blockquote> <br /> Thankfully, both Janssens and Martin are not only fans of the character, but have some very unique tastes when it comes to adaptations of the canon. For Janssens, his personal favorite is "<i>...the 1985 Barry Levinson-directed <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AUHPC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0000AUHPC">Young Sherlock Holmes</a></b>. Not only is it a fun ride, the story and atmosphere just pulls me right in"</i>. Although Martin enjoys the Downey film, he admits, <i>"Harking back to my youth though I still have a real soft spot for Disney’s Basil the Great Mouse detective"</i><br /> <br /> <br /> It's good to know that Holmes and Watson are in good hands. <b><i>Sherlock Holmes: Victorian Knights</i> </b>comes out in December - please visit your local comics shop to pre-order your copy.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Editor's note: Gordon regularly covers the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the entertainment industry. You can also find him at <a href="http://www.blogthispal.com/">Blog THIS, Pal!</a> and <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/">Comic Related</a>.</i></div> <i><br /></i> --<br /> <br />

"Two Knight-Errants To the Rescue" [SIGN]

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Mysterious Press Opens Electronic Arm

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "infinitely more mysterious" [DEVI]</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IVEV8iURrllDkARY-3c5GHRbsEfTandEqFpCaJQAyhZfV54tglU36p91pKJpimkfvFTkpmq6odVApUOiWxfMtAjrIncMGCuhByp5Oph8O1HOZnI-lhPsVnEQpact72hY_cVqKfsLryp7/s1600/Otto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IVEV8iURrllDkARY-3c5GHRbsEfTandEqFpCaJQAyhZfV54tglU36p91pKJpimkfvFTkpmq6odVApUOiWxfMtAjrIncMGCuhByp5Oph8O1HOZnI-lhPsVnEQpact72hY_cVqKfsLryp7/s1600/Otto.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> Those familiar with Otto Penzler, BSI ("The King of Bohemia") are acutely aware of his impact in the mystery publishing world, including that of Sherlock Holmes.<br /> <br /> Most widely known for his <a href="http://mysteriousbookshop.com/">Mysterious Bookshop</a> in New York, he has a keen eye for rare and valuable books, as well as an uncanny sense of the up and coming talented mystery authors. Otto himself is no stranger to writing, as he had an early career in journalism that we heard about firsthand from Otto in a very informative interview on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose17" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 17 of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> (as a complete aside, our favorite two minutes of the interview are from the 26- to 28-minute mark - see if you agree).<br /> <br /> He is also no stranger to publishing and editing, as he founded the Mysterious Press in 1975 and ran it until 1989 when he sold it to Warner Books. Otto has also been editing under the Otto Penzler Books imprint for Harcourt for the last seven years or so, and last year he reacquired Mysterious Press from Warner.<br /> <br /> Today, the Mysterious Press has added a modern twist to its business model: <b><a href="http://mysteriouspress.com/">MysteriousPress.com</a></b>.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWDY7-wV4xzDZdOAk2ybVSfx97Ayf637ELSTXJVscNulSo9Gne4tNDN3O-_OA4EsAQGGid9KT3sPZ1X63WJVByI3wqNRGafonJwaZ2cNBshsI7KlI6dSkLPNbNdTgxmtAs4lZ7m8sRIJ3/s1600/MysteriousPress.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWDY7-wV4xzDZdOAk2ybVSfx97Ayf637ELSTXJVscNulSo9Gne4tNDN3O-_OA4EsAQGGid9KT3sPZ1X63WJVByI3wqNRGafonJwaZ2cNBshsI7KlI6dSkLPNbNdTgxmtAs4lZ7m8sRIJ3/s640/MysteriousPress.PNG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> As Otto describes in <a href="http://mysteriouspress.com/blog/welcome-to-mysteriouspresscom.asp">his blog post</a>, the original Mysterious Press was unique in that it offered dust jacketed and limited editions in the mystery genre. Acknowledging the difference in the publishing industry in the 21st century, the new Mysterious Press <b><i>will be entirely electronic/digital</i></b>. In conjunction with Open Road Media, the e-books will feature some of the most acclaimed authors in the mystery, suspense and espionage world.<br /> <br /> We won't delve into each of them here (Otto does that on his site), but will note that the selections are fairly robust now, with sections such as short stories, Edgar Award-winners, hard-boiled, noir and more. No Sherlock Holmes titles - yet - but we heard from Otto and expect to see some soon.<br /> <br /> Also, it's helpful to note that the Mysterious Press has a Facebook page and Twitter account, in a nod to how communicating in the digital medium is important, especially when your customers are consuming your products digitally. They can be found at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MysteriousPressCom">http://facebook.com/MysteriousPressCom</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/eMysteries">@eMysteries</a>.<br /> <br /> We here at I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere wish Otto and the staff of MysteriousPress.com every success. We're certain they'll do well.<br /> <br /> <br /> <i>When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity.</i><br /> --<br /> <br />

Mysterious Press Opens Electronic Arm

"infinitely more mysterious" [DEVI] Those familiar with Otto Penzler, BSI ("The King of Bohemia") are acutely aware...

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"Out of The Black Shadows" [TWIS]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZIpCFVAAr6uqgfyXvNS61KIvwc3VQTF7cMsw80l6wYHAmGbdzzvvvQMq7JnJ1kCcVGwUxCTOSJDctWkp_eA9-rzWRSc9dTwo5q0_WbcLwjlFKj8Fo0SB-cULf_uuBxgb7RMEXnXugzl0/s1600/Sherlock+Holmes+Fatal+Hour+lobby+card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZIpCFVAAr6uqgfyXvNS61KIvwc3VQTF7cMsw80l6wYHAmGbdzzvvvQMq7JnJ1kCcVGwUxCTOSJDctWkp_eA9-rzWRSc9dTwo5q0_WbcLwjlFKj8Fo0SB-cULf_uuBxgb7RMEXnXugzl0/s640/Sherlock+Holmes+Fatal+Hour+lobby+card.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000X7SDA4&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />It's a story worthy of Conan Doyle himself - a "lost" early Holmes film that loosely adapts two key stories in the canon, and that is now freely available for viewing.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_Cardinal"><i>The Sleeping Cardinal</i></a></b> (better known in the USA as <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022373/"><i>Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour</i></a></b>) is a 1931 film with Arthur Wontner as Holmes and Ian Fleming as Watson, serves as a loose adaptation of <a href="http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/readings12.html"><b>"</b>The Adventure of the Final Problem"</a> and <a href="http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/2007/notes1_1.html">"The Adventure of the Empty House"</a>. Like many early sound movies, the direction is still rather theatrical, focusing mainly on discussions in rooms rather than a more dynamic presentation.<br /> <br /> Details about how the film became "lost" can be found its <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/SherlockHolmes-SleepingCardinal">entry on the Internet Archive</a>, which also allows for embedding and (like <a href="http://www.publicdomaintorrents.net/nshowmovie.html?movieid=967">Public Domain Torrents</a>) downloading the film in various formats.<br /> <br /> But judge for yourself - is this a hidden gem ripe for rediscovery? A film that should have remained lost? Or is it just another one of many Holmesian adaptations that just simply needs to be enjoyed on its own merits?<br /> <br /> This mystery, dear reader, is entirely yours to solve....<br /> <br /> <br /> <center> <object height="270" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/6X0PdK6ohkxkxlAL7MaPZQ"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/6X0PdK6ohkxkxlAL7MaPZQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="270" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /> <br /> If you're not able to view the Hulu video, it's also <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9sdhosC3ho">available on YouTube</a></b>. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xUzwMy0AZD0?rel=0" width="480"></iframe></center> <br /> <i><br />  </i><br /> If you would care to purchase <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000X7SDA4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B000X7SDA4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the DVD from Amazon.com</a></b>, it's available by clicking here or via the image below. In addition, the other three titles from the Wontner series are available on DVD: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000098ZSG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B000098ZSG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Sign of Four</i></b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000098ZSG&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000098ZRR/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B000098ZRR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes</i></b></a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008ZL4R/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00008ZL4R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Murder at the Baskervilles</i></b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00008ZL4R&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. All are worth watching, if only to appreciate the transition of Sherlock Holmes from silent to "talkies" prior to the arrival of Basil Rathbone.<br /> <br /> <i>Editor's note: This is a guest post by Gordon Dymowski. Gordon regularly covers the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the entertainment industry for <a href="http://ihearofsherlock.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a>. You can also find him at <a href="http://www.blogthispal.com/" style="color: #003366;">Blog THIS, Pal!</a> and <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/" style="color: #003366;">Comic Related</a>.</i><br /> <br /> <i>When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. 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"Out of The Black Shadows" [TWIS]

It's a story worthy of Conan Doyle himself - a "lost" early Holmes film that loosely adapts two key stories in the canon, a...

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by Scott Monty

"Preposterous" [3GAB]

We have an update to share on <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/">Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</a></b>:<br /><br />The latest movie posters have been released (on Yahoo! again), one each featuring Holmes and Watson. You may recall we made an update in July (<a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2011/07/long-shadows-trailed-down-houn.html">"Long Shadows Trailed Down" [HOUN]</a>) in which we shared the latest posters and the first appearance of the trailer for the film. You may see them again by clicking through to that link.<br /><br />The updated posters are equally as dramatic, featuring Holmes (again with a pistol) and Watson in profile, the former with the Eiffel Tower in the background, the latter with the Clock Tower behind him. Both can been seen below the latest trailer, which is available on the <b><a href="http://sherlockholmes2.warnerbros.com/">official website for the movie</a>, </b><a href="http://sherlockholmes2.warnerbros.com/">http://sherlockholmes2.warnerbros.com</a>. The site is beginning to come to life and we'll keep you updated on what we find.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="282" id="BLOGGER-video-60b20561d142f44f-18662" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwAdfZVbAqL_SqGimLvYe4SLGM-6z3rehRotiZdPCwtl6Pq8IX9vLfcjP5U90qVHoHkqy8a-eHz-NzQ5KbV8RkCD4NJ9iVdxfccAGt1mcgP-J8sNdhMtOhKIOwnI9MDbBvySUIf" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe></div><br />Is it just us, or does there seem to be even more explosions and action scenes than in the last film?<br /><br />Here are the posters:<br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/6238683083/" title="Robert Downey, Jr. is Sherlock Holmes by Scott Monty, on Flickr"><img alt="Robert Downey, Jr. is Sherlock Holmes" height="954" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6238683083_7147f7f8e6_o.jpg" width="618" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/6238683053/" title="Jude Law is Watson by Scott Monty, on Flickr"><img alt="Jude Law is Watson" height="954" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/6238683053_caf27704dd_o.jpg" width="618" /></a></center><br /><br />We can tell that there's some Hollywood magic afoot in these images, as there's more smoke around the buildings than in the 1890s London sky...<br /><br />What do you think? Are you ready for the latest installment in the Guy Richie-directed franchise?<br /><br />--<br /><br />

"Preposterous" [3GAB]

We have an update to share on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows : The latest movie posters have been released (on Yahoo! again), one each f...

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by Scott Monty

"High-Class Jobs" [CHAS]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKLt0PgPLfgR4YkCQWWeO6RvU4ruqVyRvXeL3aRRFE6lodAIdLWlGPwkZvXgjSLUjkghF0nn2sYrh_4h2zuJz0yzSHxGibnD1B8Es41cSdPZUrQKuFQRJ4xRsr84T5Kblx2UuJ5juNy0h/s1600/steve-jobs-apple-homepage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Steve Jobs Apple Home Page" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKLt0PgPLfgR4YkCQWWeO6RvU4ruqVyRvXeL3aRRFE6lodAIdLWlGPwkZvXgjSLUjkghF0nn2sYrh_4h2zuJz0yzSHxGibnD1B8Es41cSdPZUrQKuFQRJ4xRsr84T5Kblx2UuJ5juNy0h/s1600/steve-jobs-apple-homepage.jpg" title="Steve Jobs (1955-2011)" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The world of technology lost a visionary yesterday as Steve Jobs passed beyond the Reichenbach.<br /> <br /> As you know, we cover the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and popular culture here on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. So you're probably wondering, "what could Steve Jobs possibly have to do with Sherlock Holmes?" You might be surprised at the answer.<br /> <br /> One of the earlier references we can find is that in 1986, Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm. That was the company that later became famous for the likes of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030IIZ4M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B0030IIZ4M">Toy Story</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JNS0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B00005JNS0">Cars</a>, but in 1985 had already contributed film history by creating the first completely computer-generated image of a character in <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AUHPC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0000AUHPC">Young Sherlock Holmes</a></b>.<br /> <br /> Last spring when the iPad launched, we covered the world of apps that were connected with the Sherlockian world in a post titled <b><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/05/intense-application-blac_16.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Most Intense Application" [BLAC]</a></b>. We highly recommend taking another look at that entry, as there are some gems. Since then, many others have sprouted.<br /> <br /> If you would like to check these out, please just click through on the links provided.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgGM35FRumgWgGVEXaUNOyENY6WxmCk8gLXzNwd_WbKccMenX_eiWz3oA7WZu_29qzyZf4X9LCshxDIKQnBNlgN3oCPZsSiLcKDM1dR6x6ChBtQ4mDEf6awQPzkXpEdsZXbpl2_61wEN1/s1600/Holmes3d.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgGM35FRumgWgGVEXaUNOyENY6WxmCk8gLXzNwd_WbKccMenX_eiWz3oA7WZu_29qzyZf4X9LCshxDIKQnBNlgN3oCPZsSiLcKDM1dR6x6ChBtQ4mDEf6awQPzkXpEdsZXbpl2_61wEN1/s200/Holmes3d.PNG" width="200" /></a></div> <br /> <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=C*JE*kqZKe8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fsherlock-holmes-3d-classic%252Fid401219884%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30" target="itunes_store"><b>Sherlock Holmes - 3D Classic Literature by Ideal Binary, Ltd.</b></a> is an e-book that recreates the reading experience in 3D. You can read all of the stories that are in public domain in the United States on this app.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXSAM78eFgo4awuOKhK9BsTBxq2jw5pwuKoNgt3vPfa-nXbBwy3DVvbRwXBo6UWrEHgka434hastyOygHDTvgcZIPoDApAwEeXVMttAY5fHUkFXRNu56GfBc358YuydAUx7AbK-I_k53q/s1600/booktrack.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXSAM78eFgo4awuOKhK9BsTBxq2jw5pwuKoNgt3vPfa-nXbBwy3DVvbRwXBo6UWrEHgka434hastyOygHDTvgcZIPoDApAwEeXVMttAY5fHUkFXRNu56GfBc358YuydAUx7AbK-I_k53q/s1600/booktrack.PNG" /></a></div> There's another newfangled reading "experience" for the multitaskers among us. These days, the younger generation seems to be able to to 15 things at once - texting while watching television while working on the laptop while listening to music while ignoring a parent - so <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=C*JE*kqZKe8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fsherlock-holmes-w-booktrack%252Fid455861970%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30" target="itunes_store"><b>Sherlock Holmes w/ Booktrack (Soundtracks for Books) - Speckled Band - Booktrack</b></a> was invented. Personally, I used to be satisfied with some <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/04/composer-of-no-ordinary-merit-redh.html">classical music</a> on the grammophone while I was thumbing the pages of the Canon.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGNDoa52YC80Li4u9k1Gqqc9kUQs7PfNFVYNelNRWz2LIZc6g67bos-CTEQrsccUIc_f89VevTgvdO-TSgGNqyWMRagbCOBYOYYSqYbvulmfANbcpISjkYXko4xDe4PI-JCgEfvLd5l5a/s1600/byook.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGNDoa52YC80Li4u9k1Gqqc9kUQs7PfNFVYNelNRWz2LIZc6g67bos-CTEQrsccUIc_f89VevTgvdO-TSgGNqyWMRagbCOBYOYYSqYbvulmfANbcpISjkYXko4xDe4PI-JCgEfvLd5l5a/s200/byook.PNG" width="200" /></a></div> From a French developer comes another app called Byook, which is a multimedia reading experience. In this case, you can get <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=C*JE*kqZKe8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fgb%252Fapp%252Fs.holmes%252Fid415504589%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30" style="font-weight: bold;" target="itunes_store">S.Holmes</a> and with it comes shrieks, thunder, rain, other sound effects, animation and a real page-flipping experience. In this case, "The Speckled Band" is the subject again. It might be interesting to pit this and the Booktrack against each other for comparison.<br /> <br /> If these particular apps aren't your speed, again, you can check that original post (<b><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2010/05/most-intense-application-blac.html">"Most Intense Application" [BLAC]</a></b>). Alternatively, we have provided a little search widget that will allow you to explore based on the search terms you provide:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <center> <iframe frameborder="0" src="http://widgets.itunes.apple.com/appstore.html?wtype=1&app_id=null&country=us&partnerId=30&affiliate_id=http%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Ffs-bin%2Fstat%3Fid%3DC*JE*kqZKe8%26offerid%3D146261%26type%3D3%26subid%3D0%26tmpid%3D1826%26RD_PARM1%3D&ww=325" style="border: 0px; height: 300px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 325px;"></iframe></center> <br /> <br /> Today, we stand on the terrace to remember Steve Jobs. But like Conan Doyle before him, his work will outlast him and his contribution to society will touch millions of lives.<br /> <br /> <i>When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity.</i><br /> --<br /> <br /> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=1451648537" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=1593156391" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>

"High-Class Jobs" [CHAS]

The world of technology lost a visionary yesterday as Steve Jobs passed beyond the Reichenbach. As you know, we cover the intersectio...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 36: Michael Hoey and the Fabulous Faces of Universal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSR27NZur4xzz9NBGOhTqgrQ6ZPyoIDmFwgiNEKGRGbwNyfsnUuky5aXVD8qtyWVoGBVbLFMdoPAEXnBKUeuJw4M2OlEZXx39eY-I8zqSfQwFgKQ8utjp1nrGMEXLefxXSYPk_3ai70ez/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSR27NZur4xzz9NBGOhTqgrQ6ZPyoIDmFwgiNEKGRGbwNyfsnUuky5aXVD8qtyWVoGBVbLFMdoPAEXnBKUeuJw4M2OlEZXx39eY-I8zqSfQwFgKQ8utjp1nrGMEXLefxXSYPk_3ai70ez/s320/Capture.PNG" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> It's not very often that one has an opportunity to speak with someone who has a direct connection to a legend. In this case, Burt and Scott spoke with Michael Hoey, the son of Dennis Hoey -Inspector Lestrade to Basil Rathone's Sherlock Holmes.<br /> <br /> Michael Hoey is the author of <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593936605/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1593936605">Sherlock Holmes & the Fabulous Faces - The Universal Pictures Repertory Company</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1593936605&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </i></b> (affiliate link). In this fascinating book, Mr. Hoey focuses not on Rathbone and Bruce, but rather on the 68 men and women in supporting roles in the 12 Sherlock Holmes films that Universal Pictures produced in the early 1940s.<br /> <br /> Join us as a very special guest introduces Mr. Hoey, as Hoey reminisces about his visits to the sets of Universal, recounts many bits of trivia about the Universal series that we all know and love, and reveals some little-known gems.<br /> <br /> Mr. Hoey will be appearing at <b><a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/g2b3.html">From Gillette to Brett III</a></b> in Indianapolis in November. There's still time to register - and if you click through to the link above to buy his book, you might be able to get it signed by Mr. Hoey himself.<br /> <br /> <br /> We wrap up the show with a reading of the Editor’s Gas-Lamp from a 1956 issue of <i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">The Baker Street Journal</a></i>, Vol. 6, No.1 covering "Fictional Characters."<br /> <br /> <b>Links:</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624756/">Roy William Neil</a> (IMDb)</li> <li><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/118245811686959745462/NigelBruceMemoirsGamesGossipAndGreasepaintInformationExtracts"><i>Games, Gossip and Greasepaint</i></a> - Nigel Bruce's autobiography. <a href="http://scarletstreet.yuku.com/topic/1101/t/Games-Gossip-and-Greasepaint-Nigel-Bruce-s-Autobiography.html">More excerpts here</a>.</li> <li><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1861058071/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1861058071">The Brits Who Conquered Hollywood: Tales from the Hollywood Raj</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1861058071&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i> </b></li> <li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000EMYKH/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B0000EMYKH"><b>Terror by Night</b></a></i></li> </ul> <br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b>Listen now:</b></div> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="45" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1726589/height/45/width/250/theme/standard/direction/no/autoplay/yes/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="250"></iframe> </center> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock036.mp3"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TL5jgdrUh_nM_zlDgxql-jKOFGUVFqhoV6A2JtYklXOu4qmVDyRVbwGV6XrwXZgnG9awSwJ7td-txL1_4KGrpSf4igJLILOim4yJmX5pGTPIdMhCBYLyImSI5gs1MOMUZPAlpAgvtPdb/s1600/podcastIcon.gif" /></a></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Download this episode by right-clicking the icon and selecting "Save As..." or simply click on the file to listen, or on the nice box above. (File size: 57.15 MB, 1:02:16)</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email, call us at (774) 221-READ (7323) or drop by our <a href="http://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock">Facebook page</a>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> And as always, please visit our sponsors <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/">Wessex Press</a>.<br /> --<br /> <br /></div>

Episode 36: Michael Hoey and the Fabulous Faces of Universal

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"A Certain Selection and Discretion" [IDEN]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2soL7h9_uvLtjfqUBWTyMPVPEkMOYkfQtTymEwmhZtgLxrNhabIizN2WxhvRo8AFNKR90fxTiNbeQx3H4Xry5pe4QwbhGKoVBM9IOxsFpnDNRtD4ekYJPQHxYCwUoBvBw34_VX9cXbMm/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2soL7h9_uvLtjfqUBWTyMPVPEkMOYkfQtTymEwmhZtgLxrNhabIizN2WxhvRo8AFNKR90fxTiNbeQx3H4Xry5pe4QwbhGKoVBM9IOxsFpnDNRtD4ekYJPQHxYCwUoBvBw34_VX9cXbMm/s200/Capture.PNG" width="200" /></a></div> With the success of the recent Robert Downey Jr. Holmes film - and the speculation and anticipation for <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/">Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</a></span>, it would be hard to believe that before now a theatrical film of Holmes with an atypical director would be successful in the marketplace.<br /> <br /> After all, one only has to look to 1970's <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JKHF/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B00005JKHF">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00005JKHF&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span>, directed by Billy Wilder, as an unsuccessful example....which is a shame, because it is a very underrated gem in Sherlockian film canon, providing a fascinating postmodern look into the Great Detective. Here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIyF0_B6Yyk&feature=player_embedded">a video of the trailer</a> with brief commentary from producer/director Dan Ireland:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="339" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MIyF0_B6Yyk" width="500"></iframe></center> <br /> <br /> In many ways, this version of Holmes is a more radical reinterpretation of the canon than the Downey film. In the first full scene, for example, Holmes (Robert Stephens) begins chiding Watson (Colin Blakely) for "exaggerating" certain things in his writing. (Yes, Wilder and writing partner I.A.L. Diamond are definitely playing "the Great Game.")<br /> <br /> Although many critics and commentators have focused on the "subtext" of the Holmes/Watson relationship, what is so much more radical is that Stephens' Holmes seems much more...emotional. Lively. Possessing a certain depth and range of character that approaches a Jeremy Brett-style approach to the role.(Colin Blakely's Watson, however, tends more towards the buffoon-ish). Although Wilder directs this in a more straightforward style than his other work, it only serves to highlight the emotional underpinnings of the film - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Private Life</span> not only contains gorgeous footage and a wonderful soundtrack, these bring the performances forward, and quite frankly, make this an underrated gem of a movie.<br /> <br /> What's even more remarkable about this film is that it was originally conceived as a three hour movie consisting of four separate stories, one involving Holmes in his youth. Sadly, due to cuts the movie is only two hours long with two distinct stories - one focusing on a Russian ballerina; the other a more intricate plot involving brother Mycroft (played by Christopher Lee, the only actor to play both Mycroft and Sherlock), Inverness, and....well, that would be telling. Thankfully, <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JKHF/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B00005JKHF">the DVD</a></b> release contains scripts, shots, and footage from the "lost" portions of the film as part of the 'Special Features' selection.<br /> <br /> Admittedly, there was a certain selection and discretion in what Conan Doyle wrote about in his stories - after all, he lived in a much different time with different standards. Many films have attempted to fill in the gaps of what we knew about Holmes, but <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</span> does so in an entertaining and thoroughly engaging way.<br /> <br /> This is a must-view for any Sherlockians. Very highly recommended.<br /> <br /> <i>Editor's note: Gordon regularly covers the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the entertainment industry. You can also find him at <a href="http://www.blogthispal.com/">Blog THIS, Pal!</a> and <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/">Comic Related</a>.</i><br /> <br /> --<br /> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B00005JKHF" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>

"A Certain Selection and Discretion" [IDEN]

With the success of the recent Robert Downey Jr. Holmes film - and the speculation and anticipation for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows...

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by Scott Monty

"Where All Gossip Is Welcome" [VALL] - September 2011

<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDN_PS7Fjc41uB79BLQ7V_9MUcAzaUgY50Pl3zfplavu2ka1sEl6c88Nqdhop4jZRNr14Y_J2iWvPbL6e264UwY5znxdMv2ReH3xVdaNSknlKuFqhchFncT8qv6Ws4NhZSlFFWvhmP2VPI/s1600/blackpeter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDN_PS7Fjc41uB79BLQ7V_9MUcAzaUgY50Pl3zfplavu2ka1sEl6c88Nqdhop4jZRNr14Y_J2iWvPbL6e264UwY5znxdMv2ReH3xVdaNSknlKuFqhchFncT8qv6Ws4NhZSlFFWvhmP2VPI/s1600/blackpeter.jpg" /></a></div>This is the latest issue of Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press, Peter Blau's ("Black Peter") monthly newsletter of Sherlockian or Doylean gossip, published in print form since 1971 and as <a href="http://members.cox.net/sherlock1/scuttle.htm">a text-only digital archive on Sherlocktron</a> since 1985. In agreement with Peter Blau, we've arranged to publish facsimiles of the print newsletter here, so online readers can see what the newsletter looks like. Below the scan you can find links to the sites mentioned in the text - in most cases, directly to the article, video or publication, to save you from having to search for the terms.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The following is the September 2011 issue; please feel free to share it via email, social network, or embed it on your own site.</div><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/66896710/Scuttlebutt-from-the-Spermaceti-Press-September-2011" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto; text-decoration: underline;" title="View Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press September 2011 on Scribd">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press September 2011</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.772727272727273" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_13970" scrolling="no" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/66896710/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-1bua20ek6eftl1if2sup" width="100%"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })(); </script> <br /><b>Links (in order of mention):</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icSNeG-kurE">Animated version of the Dancing Men</a> [video - embedded below]</li><li><a href="http://www.booktrack.com/">Booktrack</a></li><li><a href="http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/epicks/1209_landingpage.html">AudioFile Listeners' Guide to Sherlock Holmes</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_19336_6-beloved-characters-that-had-undiagnosed-mental-illnesses.html">6 Beloved Characters That Had Undiagnosed Mental Illnesses</a></li><li><a href="http://www.carterjonas.co.uk/properties-for-sale/ulverston/cumbria/KEN110160.html">Town Head</a> - inspiration for "The Speckled Band"</li><li><a href="http://redscharlach.livejournal.com/226981.html">221B Badger Street</a> [cartoon]</li><li><a href="http://wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/index.php/component/jotloader?Itemid=15&cid=14&id=134">Sherlock Holmes Strikes Back!</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tagtheatre.com/">Theatre Arts Guild</a></li><li><a href="http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2011/08/mrs-sherlock-holmes-takes-on-the-nypd/">Mrs. Sherlock Holmes Takes on the NYPD</a></li><li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2011/09/sound-of-galloping-across-moor-houn.html">Jeremy Brett scholarship</a></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005JUV0ZU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005JUV0ZU">LEGO Minifigure Detective</a> [Amazon.com]</li><li><a href="https://www.sites.google.com/site/selenajonesmysteries/">Selena Jones Mysteries</a></li><li><a href="http://iwl.me/">I Write Like</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tonecartoons.co.uk/blog/archives/559">Darlock Holmes and Dalek Watson</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mxpublishing.com/page/Debate">The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate</a></li><li><a href="http://barefootonbakerstreet.wordpress.com/">Barefoot on Baker Street</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mysteryguild.com/pages/nm/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1073180983">A Study in Sherlock</a></li><li><a href="http://www.basilrathbone.net/radio/mp3/requestperf1945.mp3">Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce switch roles!</a> [mp3]</li><li><a href="http://rt.com/news/prime-time/sherlock-holmes-russian-adaptation-875/">Russian Sherlock Holmes series</a></li><li><a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/09/27/lessons-from-sherlock-holmes-dont-decide-before-you-decide/">Maria Konnikova's Sherlock Holmes blog series on ScientificAmerican.com</a></li><li><a href="http://www.avictorianvilla.com/">Sherlock Holmes dinner at the Victorian Villa Inn</a></li><li>Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol at <a href="http://www.artistsrep.org/">Artist Repertory Theatre</a></li></ul><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/icSNeG-kurE" width="420"></iframe></center><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i>When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity.</i><br />--<br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B005JUV0ZU" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>

"Where All Gossip Is Welcome" [VALL] - September 2011

This is the latest issue of Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press, Peter Blau's ("Black Peter") monthly newsletter of Sherlock...

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by Scott Monty

Early Conan Doyle Manuscript Published

<br /> <h4 style="text-align: center;"> "Smith within my grasp" [DYIN]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_X1nqi1k_XOyhtUteNvE-nXTyMULdVTa_d3NMjP5k3_bNDN89gbinYUtiBdf4m559bYD9zIDBaI59ppJsJIdzJY6_IyCysu8du5ppj50Oi2mmc6l5wAVZuLiP2n8HHuXM53ArkamdlOw/s1600/Arthur+Conan+Doyle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_X1nqi1k_XOyhtUteNvE-nXTyMULdVTa_d3NMjP5k3_bNDN89gbinYUtiBdf4m559bYD9zIDBaI59ppJsJIdzJY6_IyCysu8du5ppj50Oi2mmc6l5wAVZuLiP2n8HHuXM53ArkamdlOw/s1600/Arthur+Conan+Doyle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The notion of finding one of Dr. Watson's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393311538/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0393311538" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lost</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393311198/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0393311198" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">manuscripts</a> has long been something akin to the search for the Holy Grail and something that has fueled more than its fair share of <a href="http://sherlock-holmes.es/database.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>pastiches</b></a>. [That link goes to a database of Sherlockian pastiches kept by Philip K. Jones; it is also one of the helpful links on our <b><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/resources.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Resources page</a></b>, which is at the top of the navigation of the site.]<br /> <br /> <br /> Now we have something even better: a lost publication of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself. This isn't just any publication; this is his very first novel, written in 1883 when he was 23 years old and living in Portsmouth, trying to establish himself as a doctor and a writer. Unfortunately, his manuscript was lost in the mail on the way to the publisher, never to see the light of day.<br /> <b><br /></b> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0712358412/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0712358412" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0712358412&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=thebakerstree-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to order</td></tr> </tbody></table> Not to be outdone, Conan Doyle later rewrote <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0712358412/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0712358412" rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Narrative of John Smith</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0712358412&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> entirely from memory, but his novel was never published in his lifetime. Well, as an ardent believer in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism" target="_blank">spiritualism</a>, Conan Doyle must be among us today, smiling at the prolonged delay of his very first work as a novelist.<br /> <br /> The book concerns John Smith, a fifty-year-old man confined to his room by an attack of gout. He explores a range of topics such as literature, science, religion, war, and education in a style that should be familiar to anyone who knows him through his later works - particularly the Sherlock Holmes stories.<br /> <br /> We're intrigued with what this early work holds, and we'll look forward to presenting you with some additional views on it next month as <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose37" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere (Episode 37)</a> welcomes Jon Lellenberg and Daniel Stashower, two of the editors/annotators of the novel, to discuss their findings. You may recall Jon and Dan <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/11/episode-13-arthur-conan-doyle-life-in.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">joining Episode 13</a> of the show to discuss their other book <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004E3XE3Y/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B004E3XE3Y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004E3XE3Y&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</i></b><br /> <br /> Will you read this new treasure?<br /> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0712358412&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <br /> <i><br /></i> <i>Image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24029425@N06/6140452441/">Boston Public Library (Flickr)</a></i><br /> <i><br /></i> <br /> --<br /> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0712358412" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>   <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B004E3XE3Y" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>

Early Conan Doyle Manuscript Published

"Smith within my grasp" [DYIN] The notion of finding one of Dr. Watson's lost manuscripts has long been something akin...

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by Scott Monty

"A Sound of Galloping Across The Moor" [HOUN]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/4181734745/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="houn-04 by Scott Monty, on Flickr"><img alt="houn-04" height="240" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2692/4181734745_f570868152_m.jpg" width="165" /></a>One of the strengths of the canon - and Conan Doyle's writing - is its ability to connote a vivid, memorable atmosphere. <b><a href="http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/readings3.html"><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i></a></b> is the most frequently adapted - and most noted by both scholars and casual fans - of Conan Doyle's novels for its ability to immerse the reader in a moody, darkened setting.<br /><br />Thankfully, the <a href="http://venividitheatre.com/">Veni Vidi Theatre</a> company in London is producing a uniquely styled adaptation. From August 15th to August 20th, the Theater adapted <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles </i>as a radio drama - actors voicing the characters, and the production will be reminiscent of a pre-World War II audio production. (Think <a href="http://www.mercurytheatre.info/">Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater</a> as a comparison). Rather than do a scene-by-scene recreation onstage, the troupe appears to have gone one step further - providing an adaptation that attempts to engage the audience on both an immediate and more imaginative level. <br /><br />Thankfully, Veni Vidi has provided <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RUQpO_3uds&feature=player_embedded">some videos about the production</a>. You can check out the playlist below:<br /><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLE2EBFA5DD6FAFDB0&hl=en_US" width="560"></iframe></center><br /><div><br /></div><div><br />This production of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i><b> </b>was adapted by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931702/">Simon Williams</a>, and is directed by <a href="http://www.venividitheatre.com/natalie-anne-downs.html">Natalie Anne-Downs.</a> Veni Vidi's adaptation seems to be a uniquely distinctive approach to the canon, and a must-see for Sherlockians everywhere. <a href="http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/review_view.php?uid=7322">A review from remotegoat.co.uk</a> called it "a perfect homage to both radio theatre and to Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary work."<br /><br />If you were among those who were able to see the production, we'd love to hear from you. Please leave us a comment below.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Editor's note: Gordon regularly covers the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the entertainment industry. You can also find him at <a href="http://www.blogthispal.com/">Blog THIS, Pal!</a> and <a href="http://comicrelated.com/categories.php?column=TV%20Party">Comic Related</a>.</i></div><div><br />--</div>

"A Sound of Galloping Across The Moor" [HOUN]

One of the strengths of the canon - and Conan Doyle's writing - is its ability to connote a vivid, memorable atmosphere. The Hound of th...

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by Scott Monty

"Solitary Meditations" [DEVI]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl75GwsexUcEVRhD6hH4PZOEc-TRG0H8dWIjCtIaGER9h068I1gbsdGEGntEtLvVeWfz3K6M8mj_k5nfTQ3gtbGiAcFCX4m36NwBN7rBlvxC-xhD-M-Er63RRWlxbWBC9rwr169yMa7yM/s1600/Crawford1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl75GwsexUcEVRhD6hH4PZOEc-TRG0H8dWIjCtIaGER9h068I1gbsdGEGntEtLvVeWfz3K6M8mj_k5nfTQ3gtbGiAcFCX4m36NwBN7rBlvxC-xhD-M-Er63RRWlxbWBC9rwr169yMa7yM/s1600/Crawford1.gif" /></a></div> <br /> Dr. Bryce L. Crawford, Jr., BSI (“The Solitary Cyclist”) died on September 16, 2011 at the age of 96. He was the last remaining founder of <a href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/"><b>The Norwegian Explorers</b></a>, which was founded in 1948 at the University of Minnesota.<br /> <br /> Dr. Crawford was born in New Orleans, received his PhD in 1936 from Stanford University and did post-graduate work at both Harvard and Yale. He was a University of Minnesota Professor of Chemistry from 1940 through 1985. He held the titles of Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Dean of the Graduate School. Dr. Crawford was a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1956, and was awarded the Priestly Medal in 1982. It is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society and is awarded for distinguished service in the field of chemistry.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTv-zmrKdmmdjVQtFFXkGZpv7Xn7f1SnxHF7O7BxrNSW525sZs5ku9WWPTorWirDxeZKf2KItWf9C6IPBjnmsXV5S1J4NoRyEH1NbLdNB5wSl2YES2bprnnGSNTfMVeJ9g3P7ElfD60dU/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTv-zmrKdmmdjVQtFFXkGZpv7Xn7f1SnxHF7O7BxrNSW525sZs5ku9WWPTorWirDxeZKf2KItWf9C6IPBjnmsXV5S1J4NoRyEH1NbLdNB5wSl2YES2bprnnGSNTfMVeJ9g3P7ElfD60dU/s200/Capture.PNG" width="156" /></a></div> The commemorative plaque at Reichenbach Falls was the brainchild of the Norwegian Explorers, and Dr. Crawford was largely responsible for the inscription on the plaque…“Across this ‘dreadful cauldron’ occurred the culminating event in the career of Sherlock Holmes, the world’s greatest detective, when on May 4, 1891, he vanquished Prof. Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime.” It was erected by the Norwegian Explorers and The Sherlock Holmes Society of London on June 25, 1957. Dr. Crawford co-authored “The Final Problem – Where?” an essay relating how the exact spot for the plaque was chosen. After he returned from his reconnaissance mission to Switzerland, he submitted a 48 cent expense report for the funicular ride to the top of the Falls. His reimbursement was denied because of lack of sufficient documentation, which became a continual source of amusement. To his delight, many years later he was given a frame with 48 cents in it.<br /> <br /> Dr. Crawford was invested into the Baker Street Irregulars in 1985 as “The Solitary Cyclist.”<br /> <br /> <br /> --

"Solitary Meditations" [DEVI]

Dr. Bryce L. Crawford, Jr., BSI (“The Solitary Cyclist”) died on September 16, 2011 at the age of 96. He was the last remaining founder o...

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by Francine Kitts

Episode 35: Sherlock Holmes in the News

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/4181741761/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="seco-03 by Scott Monty, on Flickr"><img alt="seco-03" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2731/4181741761_9ec3872aa8_m.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> In this episode, we catch up on some of the interesting tidbits of news that have touched the world of Sherlock Holmes lately. From a new television adaptation to Sherlockians passing, fake literary Twitter handles to banned books and more, we cover some of the more remarkable stories that have been in the public's eye over the last few weeks.<br /> <br /> In addition, we also take a look at events in the weeks ahead. While there are many events at Sherlockian societies in the North America, the United Kingdom and beyond, we focused on those in London, Toronto, Indianapolis and Providence in this case.<br /> <br /> We wrap up the show with a reading of the Editor’s Gas-Lamp from the Summer 2011 issue of <i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">The Baker Street Journal</a></i>, Vol. 61, No.2.<br /> <br /> <b>Links:</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2011/09/pushing-another-one-in-my-direction.html">The news of CBS's pending modern "Sherlock Holmes" adaptation</a></li> <ul> <li>The <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/cbs-boldly-reclaims-sherlock-holmes-for-america,61743/">avclub.com reaction</a></li> </ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lipscomb">William Lipscomb</a>, from the <a href="http://improbable.com/">Annals of Improbable Research</a></li> <li>Some canonically-connected <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/09/11/literary-twitter-parodies/">fake literary profiles on Twitter</a></li> <ul> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/BakerStreetBlog/literary-parodies">That entire list</a> for you to follow</li> <li>Burt's <a href="http://twitter.com/A_Conan_Doyle">@A_Conan_Doyle</a> account</li> </ul> <li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2011/09/signature-is-typewritten-iden.html">The state of Undershaw</a> and how you can help</li> <li><i>A Study in Scarlet</i> <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/08/sherlock-holmes-book-banned-by-virginia-school-district.html">banned from school reading lists</a> in Ablemarle County, Virginia</li> </ul> <br /> <br /> <b>Upcoming Events</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/event_info.php?id=258">The Sherlock Holmes Society of London’s Richard Lancelyn Green Lecture - Sir Christopher Frayling</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.acdfriends.org/sins.htm">Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scandal</a> (Toronto, Oct. 13-16) </li> <li><a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/g2b3.html">From Gillette to Brett III</a> (Indianapolis, Nov. 11-13)</li> </ul> <br /> <br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b>Listen now:</b></div> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="45" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1713986/height/45/width/250/theme/standard/direction/no/autoplay/yes/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="250"></iframe> </center> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock035.mp3"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TL5jgdrUh_nM_zlDgxql-jKOFGUVFqhoV6A2JtYklXOu4qmVDyRVbwGV6XrwXZgnG9awSwJ7td-txL1_4KGrpSf4igJLILOim4yJmX5pGTPIdMhCBYLyImSI5gs1MOMUZPAlpAgvtPdb/s1600/podcastIcon.gif" /></a></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Download this episode by right-clicking the icon and selecting "Save As..." or simply click on the file to listen, or on the nice box above. (File size: 55.62 MB, 1:0:41)</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email, call us at (774) 221-READ (7323) or drop by our <a href="http://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock">Facebook page</a>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> And as always, please visit our sponsors <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/">Wessex Press</a>.<br /> --<br /> <br /></div>

Episode 35: Sherlock Holmes in the News

In this episode, we catch up on some of the interesting tidbits of news that have touched the world of Sherlock Holmes lately. From a ne...

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by Scott Monty

"The Scholarship Is a Very Valuable One" [3STU]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/6154853486/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes by Scott Monty, on Flickr"><img alt="Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6077/6154853486_052be0b9c3_m.jpg" width="165" /></a>On the anniversary of Jeremy Brett's death, his alma mater, the <a href="http://www.cssd.ac.uk/">Central School of Speech & Drama</a> at the University of London, has started a scholarship in his memory.<br /><br />Funded by an Italian donor, Ms. Pia Trona, the scholarships will apply to five applicants in financial need for the 2011-12 entry year, with an addition two slots for each of the following entry years (2012-13 and 2013-14).<br /><br />Ms. Trona remarked,<br /><blockquote>"Jeremy Brett is an inspiration to me, and I wanted to be able to find a way to help him to be remembered amongst the next generation of Central students so that his legacy might continue. I couldn’t fund a whole school the way he dreamt of doing, but I hope that by making this gift I can help in some way make a difference in the life of a hard-working, talented student."</blockquote><br />The scholarship is meant to commemorate Brett’s contribution to acting and his mental health advocacy work, as well as his dream to found a school for unemployed actors. For more information, please see <a href="http://www.cssd.ac.uk/content/jeremy-brett-scholarships-launched-support-central-students">the related press release</a>.<br /><br /><br /><i>When you make purchases from the links we share, it provides us with a stream of revenue to help keep this site running. Thank you for your generosity.</i> <br />--

"The Scholarship Is a Very Valuable One" [3STU]

On the anniversary of Jeremy Brett's death, his alma mater, the Central School of Speech & Drama at the University of London, has s...

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by Scott Monty

"Obviously Under the Influence" [HOUN]

<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/4182490974_d9da6df4cb_m.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/4182490974_d9da6df4cb_m.jpg" style="float: right; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 155px;" /></a>Many of we Sherlockians enjoy the occasional diversion from the canon - or even pastiche - to partake of something that shows the pervading influence of Conan Doyle and the Great Detective on popular culture. Recently, there were two examples of online content (one a web comic, the other a column written about a specific video release) that were not only influenced by Holmes, but one in particular contains insight into the era.<br /> <br /> The online <a href="http://www.newcomicday.net/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Comic Day</span></a> site focuses on the trials and tribulations of a group of comics fans centered around a comics shop. Written by Eric Ratcliffe, the strip has started to focus on a Sherlockian theme, and is leavened with great humor. Here are parts <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/wp_ncd/?webcomic_post=ncd-110">one</a> and <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/wp_ncd/?webcomic_post=ncd-111">two</a> of the Holmes-influenced storyline; updates can be received via <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/wp_ncd/?feed=rss">RSS feed</a>.<br /> <br /> In addition, <a href="http://www.musicrooms.net/tv/40112-stephan-moffat-has-no-plans-to-leave-doctor-who.html">current <span style="font-weight: bold;"><i>Doctor Who</i></span> producer Steven Moffatt is also working on a second series of <span style="font-weight: bold;"><i>Sherlock</i></span>.</a>..but Doctor Who has had a slight Holmesian touch in its past. In October, 1977's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Talons of Weng Chiang</span> will be rereleased in a "special edition", with copious amounts of bonus material covering various aspects of the Victorian era (Be sure to check out the documentary on music hall - very enlightening and informative). Please feel free to visit <a href="http://comicrelated.com/news/12770/talons-of-weng-chiang">this detailed review from July</a> to gain a greater background, and to also investigate a story that is steeped in atmosphere....<br /> <br /> Finally, via the Internet Archive, the first ever Sherlock Holmes-themed film from 1900, entitled <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_Baffled">Sherlock Holmes Baffled</a>:</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-W_0_1LmUaQ" width="420"></iframe></center> <br /> <br /> <br /> Holmes has had an influence on popular culture, and for your enjoyment...a few examples of that influence which span the century.<br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: Trebuchet,'Trebuchet MS',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><i>Editor's note: Gordon regularly covers the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the entertainment industry. You can also find him at <a href="http://www.blogthispal.com/" style="color: #003366;">Blog THIS, Pal!</a>and <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/" style="color: #003366;">Comic Related</a>.</i></span><br /> --

"Obviously Under the Influence" [HOUN]

Many of we Sherlockians enjoy the occasional diversion from the canon - or even pastiche - to partake of something that shows the pervading ...

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by Scott Monty