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pos: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 period action mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. It is the sequel to the 2009 film "Sherlock Holmes", and features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film's screenplay was written by Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Holmes and Watson, and were joined by Noomi Rapace as Simza, Stephen Fry as Mycroft Holmes, and Jared

pos: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 period action mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. It is the sequel to the 2009 film "Sherlock Holmes", and features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film's screenplay was written by Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Holmes and Watson, and were joined by Noomi Rapace as Simza, Stephen Fry as Mycroft Holmes, and Jared

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ennio Morricone and Franz Schubert. The film was released on 16 December 2011 in Canada, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Mexico; on 25 December 2011 in most other countries; and on 5 January 2012 in Australia, Poland and Spain. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 12 June 2012 for Region 1 and 14 May 2012 for Region 2 and Region 4. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" earned $186.8 million in North America as well as $357 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $543.4

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows saying, "It's closer to happening than it's been for a while. With any luck we'll be making it at the end of next year. I hope, we'll see. Fingers crossed." In May 2018, Warner Bros. confirmed a third film is scheduled for release on 25 December 2020, with Downey and Law reprising their roles and Chris Brancato writing the script. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 period action mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. It is the sequel to

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (soundtrack) development of new motifs and does little to expand upon the two-part theme from the original film." Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (soundtrack) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2011 . Hans Zimmer collaborated again with Lorne Balfe to produce the score. It was released on 13 December 2011, three days before the film was released itself. Musically, the album is influenced by classical and Romani music. While reading page five of the script, Zimmer came to a part about a Gypsy fortuneteller. He called the director, Guy

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (soundtrack) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (soundtrack) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2011 . Hans Zimmer collaborated again with Lorne Balfe to produce the score. It was released on 13 December 2011, three days before the film was released itself. Musically, the album is influenced by classical and Romani music. While reading page five of the script, Zimmer came to a part about a Gypsy fortuneteller. He called the director, Guy Ritchie and told him they needed to do a road trip to Slovakia. Zimmer felt that it

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows critical consensus reads, ""Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" is a good yarn thanks to its well-matched leading men but overall stumbles duplicating the well-oiled thrills of the original." Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, gives the film a score of 48 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert, who gave the first film three stars, was even more positive in his review for "A Game of Shadows", awarding it three-and-a-half stars

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows deliver. Hoffmanstahl opens the package, triggering a hidden bomb that is prevented from detonating by the intervention of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes takes the letter while Adler and Hoffmanstahl escape. Holmes finds Hoffmanstahl assassinated moments later. Adler meets with Professor Moriarty to explain the events, but Moriarty, deeming her position compromised by her love for Holmes, poisons and kills her. Later, Dr. Watson arrives at 221B Baker Street, where Holmes discloses that he is investigating a series of seemingly unrelated murders, terrorist attacks and business acquisitions around the globe that he has connected to Moriarty. After meeting up with his brother

neg: Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows is a mystery novel by James Lovegrove. It is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that involves H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It is the first book in a planned trilogy of "The Cthulhu Casebooks" with the second novel, "Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities", having been released in November 2017 and the third, "Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils", in November 2018. A series of mysterious deaths inspire Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to investigate the criminal element of the East End of London. Their investigation leads to crime

neg: Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities is a mystery novel by James Lovegrove. It is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that involves H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It is the second book in a planned trilogy of "The Cthulhu Casebooks" with the first novel, "Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows", having been released a year previously. 15 years after the events of the "Shadwell Shadows", Holmes and Watson are notified that an American is being held at Bethlem Royal Hospital who was continually writing the same three phrases in R'lyehian. A search for his identity

neg: Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows is handled with careful aplomb." Bob Byrne for "Black Gate" said "If you like your Holmes with some horror: or if you like Cthulhu tales, I think you are going to like this book." Byrne particularly liked that Lovegrove showed a "unpolished Holmes" early in his career. Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows is a mystery novel by James Lovegrove. It is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that involves H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It is the first book in a planned trilogy of "The Cthulhu Casebooks" with the second novel, "Sherlock Holmes and the

neg: Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes dilemmas, Watson hires Reginald Kincaid (Michael Caine), an alcoholic, womanizing, ne'er-do-well actor to impersonate Holmes. The twenty-third film in the VeggieTales series is entitled "Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler", and features Larry the Cucumber as Holmes and Bob the Tomato as Watson. Robert Downey, Jr. appears as the detective in the Guy Ritchie–directed "Sherlock Holmes" (2009) and its sequel "" (2011), with Jude Law as Dr. Watson, Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler, and Jared Harris as Moriarty. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" is the highest-grossing Sherlock Holmes film, grossing $545 million worldwide. In 2010, low-budget film company the

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Mycroft at Watson's bachelor party, Holmes meets with Gypsy fortune-teller Simza, the intended recipient of the letter he took from Adler, sent by her brother Rene. Holmes defeats an assassin sent to kill Simza, but she flees before Holmes can interrogate her. After the wedding of Watson and Mary Morstan, Holmes meets Moriarty for the first time. Holmes subtly requests Watson and Mary be left alone now that Watson is no longer working with him, but Moriarty indicates he will kill them if Holmes interferes. Voicing his respect for Holmes' perseverance, Moriarty informs Holmes that he murdered Adler. Holmes vengefully

neg: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother is a 1975 American musical comedy film with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Roy Kinnear and Leo McKern. The film was Wilder's directorial debut, from his own original script. Douglas Wilmer and Thorley Walters appear as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively. Wilmer had previously appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the 1960s BBC TV series, and Walters played Watson in three other films: "Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace" (1962), "The Best House in London" (1969), and "Silver Blaze" (1977). In 1891, Foreign

neg: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother on April 4, 2006. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother is a 1975 American musical comedy film with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Roy Kinnear and Leo McKern. The film was Wilder's directorial debut, from his own original script. Douglas Wilmer and Thorley Walters appear as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively. Wilmer had previously appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the 1960s BBC TV series, and Walters played Watson in three other films: "Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace" (1962), "The Best House in London" (1969), and "Silver Blaze"

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows first film, "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" was intended to be a stand-alone film that did not require knowledge of the previous movie. In October 2010, Downey Jr. and Jude Law were seen rehearsing a fight scene as shooting took place in Richmond Park, in southwest London. In October 2010, the steamship PS "Waverley" was chartered on the English Channel for filming, and a large green screen was erected at Didcot Railway Centre with a large action scene filmed there in mid-November. In late November, a scene was filmed at Victoria Bridge, which is part of the Severn Valley

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows into our lives in equal measure all the time, but once in a blue moon, they make life worth living." Tafoya considers "A Game of Shadows" to be his eighth favorite film of the 21st century. Warner Bros. Pictures announced in October 2011 that the first draft for "Sherlock Holmes 3" was being produced with screenwriter Drew Pearce writing the script; he was replaced by Justin Haythe. Jude Law commented on the project in late 2013, "We had a meeting earlier this year, the three of us, and I think it's being written now. Warner Bros. have still got to

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows many musicians as we could." Deeply impressed, Zimmer arranged for 13 of the Roma musicians with their violins and accordions to join him in Vienna at a studio for a recording session. Zimmer wove this Roma music into the score for "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows". Besides discovering the wonderful cultural music, Zimmer also said he had never seen such poverty in Central Europe. A portion of proceeds from the soundtrack will help the Roma pay for necessities like water, heating and bus fare to get their children to school. The soundtrack also contains works of Johann Strauss II,

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Holmes captive. Watson, Simza, and an injured Holmes reunite and escape aboard a moving train. Holmes deduces that Moriarty's final target will be a peace summit in Switzerland, creating an international incident. At the summit, Holmes deduces that Rene is the assassin and that he is disguised as one of the ambassadors, having been given radical reconstructive surgery by Hoffmanstahl. Holmes and Moriarty, who is also in attendance, retreat upon a balcony to discuss their competing plans over a game of chess. Watson and Simza find Rene and stop his assassination attempt, but Rene is discreetly killed by Moran. Despite

neg: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened gameplay in a third-person perspective, similar to other Frogwares titles, such as "Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring" and "". Updated features of "Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Remastered Edition" include two view modes (the original 1st-person mode, along with the new 3rd-person mode), a new Help Bar which allows players in the 3rd-person mode to instantly discover all the available actions on the screen, an updated help system that offers gamers step-by-step solutions to the game's puzzles, and improved graphics which feature new lighting, HD effects, shaders, shadows and new animations. The game received mixed reviews, receiving a metascore

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows his war being averted, Moriarty remains confident in his victory, warning Holmes that the nations of Europe will inevitably go to war with one another regardless of Moriarty's manipulations. Holmes then reveals that, while being tortured by Moriarty, he replaced the professor's personal diary that contained all his plans and financing with a duplicate. The original was sent to Mary in London, who decrypted the code using a book that Holmes had noticed in Moriarty's office during their first meeting, before passing the information to Inspector Lestrade, who seizes Moriarty's assets and donates his fortune to anti-war charities. Holmes and

neg: Minor Sherlock Holmes characters settling on "Sherlock Holmes". The name is used of Holmes by Stamford in the 1954 radio show 'Dr Watson Meets Sherlock Holmes' as he attempts to remember Holmes' first name. He was first proposed by William S. Baring-Gould who wrote in his fictional biography "Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street" (1962) that Sherrinford was the eldest brother of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes once stated that his family were country squires, which means that the eldest brother would have to stay to manage the estate. If Mycroft were the eldest, he could not play the role he does in four stories of the

neg: Christopher Lee Sir Henry Baskerville (to Cushing's Sherlock Holmes) in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959). Lee later played Holmes himself in 1962's "Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace", and returned to Holmes films with Billy Wilder's British-made "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" (1970), in which he plays Sherlock's smarter brother, Mycroft. Lee considers this film to be the reason he stopped being typecast: "I've never been typecast since. Sure, I've played plenty of heavies, but as Anthony Hopkins says, "I don't play villains, I play people."" Lee played a leading role in the German film "The Puzzle of the Red

neg: Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin player looks away. Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin (released in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia as Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis) is an adventure game, developed by Frogwares. The fourth game in the "Sherlock Holmes" series, it was released in October 2007 and is published by Focus Home Interactive. It was preceded in 2002 by "", in 2004 by "" and in 2007 by "". Retaining the first-person interface and gameplay of "The Awakened", the game follows Holmes and Watson as Holmes is challenged by the legendary gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, who threatens to steal

neg: Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin (released in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia as Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis) is an adventure game, developed by Frogwares. The fourth game in the "Sherlock Holmes" series, it was released in October 2007 and is published by Focus Home Interactive. It was preceded in 2002 by "", in 2004 by "" and in 2007 by "". Retaining the first-person interface and gameplay of "The Awakened", the game follows Holmes and Watson as Holmes is challenged by the legendary gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, who threatens to steal England's most prized

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows to find the delivery man. Holmes, having concealed himself in Watson's office by using one of his urban camouflage suits, reads Watson's memoirs on the typewriter and adds a question mark after the words "The End". After the success of the 2009 film "Sherlock Holmes", a sequel was fast-tracked by Warner Bros. with director Guy Ritchie dropping out of an adaptation of "Lobo" and Robert Downey Jr. leaving "Cowboys & Aliens". It was unclear if Rachel McAdams would appear in the film. McAdams said, "If I do, it won't be a very big thing. It's not a lead part". Warner

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows included "A Game of Shadows" in his video series "The Unloved", where he highlights films which received mixed to negative reviews yet he believes to have artistic value. He praised the film's deconstruction of action scenes through stylistic editing, one inspired by Soviet montage which was exemplified in Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 film "Battleship Potemkin", as well as the friendship and constant banter between Holmes and Watson at the center of the film, which "highlight[s] the difficulty in achieving lyrical deftness of dialogue in films of this budget", with their friendship reminding Tafoya of how "we can invite danger and fun

neg: The Game (King novel) The Game (King novel) The Game is the seventh book in the Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King, which focuses on the adventures of Russell and her partner and, later, husband, an aging Sherlock Holmes. For an excerpt of the first chapter, go to Laurie R. King's website. The events in the book take place between January and March 1924, starting a few weeks after the events of "Justice Hall". Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are visited by Sherlock's gravely ill brother, Mycroft, who has an intriguing case for them. Mycroft, who has connections in the highest levels of

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and calling it "high-caliber entertainment" that "add[s] a degree of refinement and invention" to the formula, and that the "writers…wisely devote some of their best scenes to one-on-ones between Holmes and Moriarty." James Berardinelli gave the film three stars out of four, writing: ""A Game of Shadows" is a stronger, better realized movie that builds upon the strengths of the original and jettisons some of the weaknesses." Conversely, Keith Phipps of "The A.V. Club" felt that the film "aims lower than its predecessor's modest ambition, and still misses the mark." On 24 November 2015, film critic Scout Tafoya of RogerEbert.com

neg: Douglas Wilmer twelve episodes of the "Sherlock Holmes" series. In 1973, Wilmer played author Jacques Futrelle's Holmesian detective Professor Van Dusen in "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" for ITV. In 1975, he once again appeared as Holmes (albeit in a supporting role) in Gene Wilder's "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother", with Thorley Walters as Dr. Watson. Wilmer also played Sir Denis Nayland Smith in two of Harry Alan Towers' Fu Manchu films, "The Brides of Fu Manchu" (1966) and "The Vengeance of Fu Manchu" (1967). He recorded a series of the stories on audiocassette for Penguin audio books and appeared

neg: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother Sacker, shares a similar name with that originally applied to John Watson, Ormond Sacker. The film's title and premise are a joke referring to the character of Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes' "older" brother, who was by both of their estimates a good deal smarter than Sherlock. He was, however, too lazy to become a detective, and did indispensable work for the British government. Mycroft was described by Sherlock in conversation with Watson: Mycroft is mentioned briefly in the beginning of the film, which presupposes that Holmes was one of three brothers. Sigerson's name refers to an alias used by Sherlock

neg: Sherlockian game Cambridge, although the question of which one remains a topic of eternal debate. Baring-Gould believed textual evidence indicated that Holmes attended both. The most influential "biography" of Holmes is "Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street" by Baring-Gould. Faced with Holmes' reticence about his family background and early life, Baring-Gould invented one for him. According to Baring-Gould, Sherlock Holmes was born in Yorkshire, the youngest of three sons of Siger Holmes and Violet Sherrinford. The middle brother, Mycroft, appears in the canon, but the eldest, Sherrinford Holmes, was invented by Baring-Gould to free Mycroft and Sherlock from the obligation of following Siger

neg: Minor Sherlock Holmes characters "The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes" written by William Gillette. In 1903 Charlie Chaplin began his career by playing Billy on stage in both the four-act play and Gillette's spoof. Billy has appeared in the films "Sherlock Holmes" (1922), "Sherlock Holmes" (1932) and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1939). In the episode of the TV series "Sherlock" entitled "The Abominable Bride", Billy makes an appearance played by Adam Greaves-Neal, who previously played an original character named Archie in "The Sign of Three" (though presumably Archie drew some inspiration from Billy). Inspector Bradstreet is a detective who appears in three short

neg: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo is a 1996 graphic adventure game developed by Mythos Software and published by Electronic Arts. Holmes' brother Mycroft is caught in an explosion when his club, the Diogenes, is blown up. The player, first as Doctor Watson and then as Sherlock Holmes, investigates the explosion and discovers that it was not a gas leak but a bomb which was the cause. This leads them to investigate a case of espionage and the strange death of an

neg: Patrick Macnee Mayo's BBC Radio One breakfast show. Macnee appeared in "Magnum, P.I." (1984) as a retired, but delusional, British agent, who believed he was Sherlock Holmes, in a season four episode titled "Holmes Is Where the Heart Is". He played both Holmes and Dr. Watson on several occasions. He played Watson three times: once alongside Roger Moore's Sherlock Holmes in a TV film, "Sherlock Holmes in New York" (1976), and twice with Christopher Lee, first in "Incident at Victoria Falls" (1991), and then in "Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady" (1992). He played Holmes in another TV film, "The Hound of

neg: Minor Sherlock Holmes characters appears, accused of a murder that Sherlock must find him innocent of, in the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game adventure "The Yorkshire Horrors". Sherrinford also appears in the Italian comic series "Storie da Altrove" (a spin-off of "Martin Mystère") as the eldest brother, born nine years before him, of Sherlock himself. Minor Sherlock Holmes characters This article features minor characters from the "Sherlock Holmes" stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and from non-canonical derived works. Inspector Baynes of the Surrey force appears in the two-part story "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge", subtitled (i) "The Singular Experience of Mr John Scott

neg: Sherlock Holmes (video game series) Sherlock Holmes (video game series) Sherlock Holmes is a series of adventure games developed by Frogwares. The game is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson. While the franchise is based on "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", each game has an original plot and storyline. Each game in the series lets the player control Holmes or Dr. Watson from either a first-person or third-person perspective. This adventure game series mainly consists of puzzles to solve during the course of the game, both by the use

neg: Garment of Shadows Garment of Shadows Garment of Shadows is a 2012 mystery novel by American author Laurie R. King. Twelfth in the Mary Russell series, the story features married detectives Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. The events of the novel follow that of "Pirate King" and feature their old friends, Ali and Mahmoud Hazr ("O Jerusalem" & "Justice Hall"). At the end of 1924, Mary Russell has just finished a stint with Fflytte Films in Morocco but she is not where she should be when her husband, Sherlock Holmes, goes to meet her in Fez. In fact, when she awakens in a

neg: Sherlock Holmes pastiches 1971 film "They Might Be Giants", adapted from James Goldman's 1961 British stage play of the same name, featured George C. Scott as a widowed judge named Justin Playfair who imagines himself to be Holmes. When his brother seeks to have him committed, he is brought to Dr. Mildred Watson (Joanne Woodward). In "The Return of the World's Greatest Detective" (1976 TV movie) a rather ineffectual Los Angeles cop, and avid fan of Sherlock Holmes, named "Sherman Holmes" (played by American actor Larry Hagman) suffers a brain injury when his parked motorcycle tips over and falls onto his head (he

neg: Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace Leading Lady"). Lee and the rest of the cast were dubbed. Although "Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace" was originally filmed in English, the English language audio track was recorded post-production by different actors, mainly American. The film has a jazz score by Martin Slavin. Thorley Walters again played Dr. Watson in "The Best House in London" (1969), "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" (1975), and "Silver Blaze" (1977). The film's German premiere was on 30 November 1962. The Italian version was released on 3 May 1963 and the French one ("Sherlock Holmes et le collier de la mort")

neg: Sherlock Holmes (video game series) The games are a commercial success. The series has sold 4 million copies on PC alone as of 2012. Sherlock Holmes (video game series) Sherlock Holmes is a series of adventure games developed by Frogwares. The game is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson. While the franchise is based on "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", each game has an original plot and storyline. Each game in the series lets the player control Holmes or Dr. Watson from either a first-person or third-person perspective. This

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows self-enchanted sequel, and so does the spirit of bright invention that made the previous film such a pleasant surprise." Scott Mendelson of "The Huffington Post" remarked that she "exhibits far more personality and roguish charm in her few moments here than she did in all of the previous film. Freed from the constraints of being the de-facto love interest, McAdams relishes the chance to go full-villain." The film, then under the running title of "Sherlock Holmes 2", was reported to be influenced by Conan Doyle's "The Final Problem". While the film took place a year after the events of the

neg: Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes hijacked for ransom by D. B. Cooper. The 1991-92 series "Sherlock Holmes the Golden Years" consisted of two TV films, in which Sherlock Holmes (played by Christopher Lee) and Dr. Watson (played by Patrick Macnee) are older adults who continue investigating cases. The two films were "Incident at Victoria Falls" and "Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady". In 1991, Charlton Heston played Holmes in the Turner Network Television production of Paul Giovanni's play "The Crucifer of Blood". From 2000 to 2002, Muse Entertainment Enterprises produced four television films for the Hallmark Channel, starring Matt Frewer as Holmes and Kenneth Welsh

neg: Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes Conway played Sherlock Holmes opposite Nigel Bruce for one season. After a change of networks, there were two more pairings: John Stanley as Holmes and Alfred Shirley as Watson in 1947–1948 and Stanley and "George Spelvin" in 1948–1949. Both Stanley and Conway emulated Rathbone when performing Holmes to aid in continuity for the audience. John Gielgud played Holmes for BBC radio in the 1950s, with Ralph Richardson as Watson. Gielgud's brother, Val Gielgud, appeared in "The Bruce-Partington Plans", perhaps inevitably, as Mycroft Holmes. As this series was co-produced by the American Broadcasting Company, known American actors also appeared, such as

neg: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes is a British anthology mystery television series that was produced by Thames Television and originally broadcast on the ITV Network. There were two series of 13 fifty-minute episodes; the first aired in 1971, the second in 1973. The programme presented adaptations of short mystery, suspense or crime stories featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" took its inspiration – and title – from a series of published anthologies by Hugh Greene, elder brother of

neg: Sherlock Holmes pastiches published in 2000 a novel with the title "Sherlock Holmes e il misterioso caso di Ippolito Nievo" ("Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Case of Ippolito Nievo") set in London, Turin and Naples. The collection "Shadows Over Baker Street" (2003) contains 14 stories by 20 authors pitting Holmes against the forces of the Cthulhu Mythos. Among them is Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald", which won the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. The title is a play on "A Study in Scarlet". The narrator, never named (but whose initials in the end point him to be the criminal henchman

neg: The Sherlock Holmes bar areas have been augmented with photographs of the actors who have played Holmes and Watson since the original display was set up. The collection is curated and maintained by the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. Today "The Sherlock Holmes" is owned by Bury St Edmunds based brewer Greene King. The Sherlock Holmes The Sherlock Holmes is a Victorian era themed public house in Northumberland Street near Charing Cross railway station and Trafalgar Square which contains a large collection of memorabilia related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The original collection was put together for display in Baker Street in

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Moriarty anticipate an impending physical altercation, and both realise that Moriarty would win due to Holmes' injured shoulder. Out of options and with the sadistic Moriarty promising to torture and kill Watson and Mary afterward, Holmes grabs Moriarty and lunges backwards over the balcony and into the Reichenbach Falls below. Both are presumed dead. Following Holmes' funeral, Watson and Mary prepare to have their belated honeymoon when Watson receives a package containing a breathing device of Mycroft's that Holmes had noticed and expressed a liking for before the summit. Realizing that Holmes may still be alive, Watson leaves his office

neg: Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin treasures. It is the first in the series to feature a cat-and-mouse style plot, a structure which would be retained for "Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper". "Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin" is an adventure played from a first person perspective. The player character for majority of the game is Holmes, though some sections feature Watson and one features Inspector Lestrade. Most of the areas in which the game takes place are based on famous London landmarks, including the National Gallery and British Museum, the former of which features scanned copies of dozens of famous paintings, as well as numerous

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Dover can also be seen in the background of the scene where Watson and Sherlock travel by boat to France. The slow-motion work in the film was done by Gavin Free, an English filmmaker who works for Rooster Teeth Productions and is known for his web series "The Slow Mo Guys". The score was composed by Hans Zimmer. Zimmer and director Guy Ritchie traveled to Slovakia, Italy, and France to research the authentic Roma music. Zimmer and his core musicians all with National Democratic Institute members, visited seven Roma villages to learn about the Roma people and "listen to as

neg: Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes End actor Eille Norwood in the lead with Hubert Willis as Watson. John Barrymore played the role in a 1922 movie entitled "Sherlock Holmes", with Roland Young as Watson and William Powell in his first screen appearance. This Goldwyn film is the first Holmes movie made with high production values and a major star. Clive Brook played Sherlock Holmes three times: "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (1929), as part of an anthology film, "Paramount on Parade" (1930), and "Sherlock Holmes" (1932). In 1931 Raymond Massey played Sherlock Holmes in his screen debut, "The Speckled Band", while Arthur Wontner played Holmes

neg: The Final Problem brother Mycroft (who appears briefly in this story) know that Sherlock Holmes is still alive, having won the struggle at Reichenbach Falls and sent Moriarty to his doom—though nearly meeting his own at the hands of Moriarty's henchmen. William Gillette's 1899 stage play "Sherlock Holmes" is based on several stories, among them "The Final Problem." Films released in 1916 (starring Gillette as Holmes) and 1922 (starring John Barrymore), both titled "Sherlock Holmes", were based on the play, as well as a 1938 "Mercury Theatre on the Air" radio adaptation titled "The Immortal Sherlock Holmes", starring Orson Welles as Holmes, although

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows the anarchists have been forced to plant bombs for Moriarty. The trio follows Holmes' deduction that the bomb is in the Paris Opera. However, Holmes realizes too late that he has been tricked and that the bomb is in a nearby hotel; its explosion kills a number of assembled businessmen. Holmes discovers that the bomb was a cover for the specific assassination of Alfred Meinhard, one of the attendees, by Moriarty's henchman, Sebastian Moran. Meinhard's death grants Moriarty ownership of Meinhard's arms factory in Germany. Holmes, not wishing to repeat his mistake from the previous evening, spies on Moriarty, learning

neg: Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes of Sherlock Holmes" published in 1975 but Pointer later realized his error and wrote to Klinger stating Sherlock Holmes has also been a prolific screen character in foreign language films, such as the Russian 2013 mini-series version broadcast in November 2013. Many similar films were made in the early years of the twentieth century, most notably the 13 one- and two-reel silent films produced by the Danish Nordisk Film Company between 1908 and 1911. The only non-lost film is "Sherlock Holmes i Bondefangerkløer", produced in 1910. Holmes was originally played by Viggo Larsen. Other actors who played Holmes in those

neg: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes to form a satisfying whole." The reviewers of "Electronic Gaming Monthly" wrote of the 3DO version "Great graphics, excellent sound effects – this game really shows off the system's capabilities while providing a challenging mystery." They scored it a 6.6/10 average. In 2011, Adventure Gamers named "Case of the Serrated Scalpel" the 22nd-best adventure game ever released. This game was released September 27, 1996. Holmes' brother Mycroft is caught in an explosion when his club, the Diogenes, is blown up. The player, first as Doctor Watson and then as Sherlock Holmes, investigates the explosion and discovers that it was not

neg: Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper is an adventure game for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360, developed by Ukrainian studio Frogwares. It is the fifth game in the Sherlock Holmes series of adventure games developed by Frogwares. The game takes place in the London district of Whitechapel in 1888, the historical site of the Jack the Ripper murders. Following the remastered version of "" and "Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin", "Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper" offered the ability to play in a third-person perspective in addition to the first-person perspective. The French version

neg: Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes Watson". William Rushton played Watson. In 1988, the animated series "Alvin and the Chipmunks" aired an episode entitled "Elementary, My Dear Simon", which stars Simon as Holmes, Theodore as Watson, Alvin as Professor Moriarty, and Dave as Inspector Seville. Also in 1988, in the animated series "BraveStarr", the two-part episode ""Sherlock Holmes in the 23rd Century"" had Holmes transported from Reichenbach Falls in 1893, to London in 2249. Holmes is joined by an alien, Dr. W't'sn (the 23rd century counterpart of Watson) & Inpsector Mycroft Holmes of Scotland Yard (a direct descendant & namesake of Holmes' brother Mycroft); the trio

neg: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother Secretary Lord Redcliff haphazardly receives a document with unknown contents from Queen Victoria; the document is stolen from his safe later that night. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson discuss the case. Deciding to lie low for a while, Holmes informs Watson that he will delegate cases to his younger brother, Sigerson (Gene Wilder), who has toiled in his brother's shadow without credit for decades. At a train station, and dressing in drag to avoid a would-be assassin, Sherlock passes the message to Scotland Yard records clerk Orville Sacker (Marty Feldman), a man with auditory eidetic memory, who happens to be

neg: Sherlock Holmes (1932 film) Sherlock Holmes the following year in "A Study in Scarlet". Owen is the first of only four actors to play both Holmes and Watson — Jeremy Brett played Watson on stage in the United States and, most famously, Holmes on British television, Carleton Hobbs played both roles in British radio adaptations, while Patrick Macnee played both roles in US television movies. "Uncredited:" Sherlock Holmes (1932 film) Sherlock Holmes (a.k.a. Conan Doyle's Master Detective Sherlock Holmes) is a 1932 American Pre-Code film starring Clive Brook as the eponymous London detective. The movie is based on the successful stage play "Sherlock Holmes"

neg: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened named "The Awakened" the 80th-best adventure game ever released. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is an adventure video game developed by Frogwares and published in 2007 for Microsoft Windows. The game follows an original plotline as Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson investigate a series of strange disappearances related to the Cthulhu Mythos. The third in the "Sherlock Holmes" series of adventure games developed by Frogwares, "The Awakened" was preceded in 2002 by "" and in 2004 by "". This is the first game in the series to tackle supernatural elements such as the

neg: Sherlock Holmes pastiches been inverted for comic effect, as in Gene Wilder's 1975 film "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother". Here Holmes' younger brother Sigurson (Wilder), who is jealous of 'Sheer Luck' as he calls him, is manipulated by Holmes into solving one of his cases. 1988 brought Thom Eberhardt's role-reversal comedy "Without a Clue". The film depicts Dr. Watson (Ben Kingsley) as the real detective genius and Holmes (Michael Caine) as a bumbling idiot who is merely an actor and a front man for Watson, with a plot which cleverly mirrors the real life circumstance of Conan Doyle (also a physician)

neg: Young Sherlock Holmes his guide. Of the creation of the film, Columbus stated: The cast includes actors with previous associations to Sherlock Holmes. Nigel Stock, who played Professor Waxflatter, portrayed Dr. Watson alongside both Douglas Wilmer and Peter Cushing in the BBC series of the 1960s. Patrick Newell, who played Bentley Bobster, played both PC Benson in 1965's "A Study in Terror" as well as Inspector Lestrade in 1979's "Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson". The movie explains where Holmes gains the attire popularly associated with him. His pipe is shown as being a Christmas present from Watson, the deerstalker hat originally belonged to

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows he is travelling to Germany. Holmes deduces it is to visit his newly acquired factory and so the trio follow him there. At the factory, Moriarty captures, interrogates, and tortures Holmes while Watson fights Moran. Holmes spells out Moriarty's plot, revealing that the Professor secretly acquired shares in multiple war profiteering companies using various pseudonyms to conceal his identity and intends to instigate a world war to make himself a fortune. Meanwhile, Watson uses the cannon he had been hiding behind to destroy the watchtower in which Moran is concealed. The structure collapses into the warehouse where Moriarty is holding

neg: Thorley Walters Pure Hell of St Trinian's" and played the part of Culpepper-Brown in "The Wildcats of St Trinian's". From the 1960s onwards he also appeared in several Hammer horror films, including "The Phantom of the Opera" (1962), "" (1966), "Frankenstein Created Woman" (1967), "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed" (1969) and "Vampire Circus" (1972). He was a close friend of Hammer’s most important director Terence Fisher. Walters played Sherlock Holmes's sidekick Doctor Watson in four unrelated films: "Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace" (1962), "The Best House in London" (1969), "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" (1975) and "Silver Blaze" (1977). Walters'

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows vows to defeat him. Moriarty's men attack Watson and Mary on a train to their honeymoon. Holmes, having followed the pair to protect them, throws Mary from the train into a river below where she is rescued by Mycroft. After defeating Moriarty's men, Holmes and Watson travel to Paris to locate Simza. When she is found, Holmes tells Simza that she has been targeted because Rene is working for Moriarty and may have told her about his plans. Simza takes the pair to the headquarters of an anarchist group to which she and Rene had formerly belonged. They learn that

neg: Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. II Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. II Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. II is the title of a full motion video computer game released for the Mega-CD, TurboGrafx-CD, and DOS. The game is a sequel to "" and was released in 1992. The format of the game is the same as the first, except that there are three new and unrelated cases to solve. Holmes receives a mysterious note on his door leading him and Watson to investigate the death of two lions who were part of a traveling animal show. At the same time a mysterious death is discovered that

neg: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is an adventure video game developed by Frogwares and published in 2007 for Microsoft Windows. The game follows an original plotline as Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson investigate a series of strange disappearances related to the Cthulhu Mythos. The third in the "Sherlock Holmes" series of adventure games developed by Frogwares, "The Awakened" was preceded in 2002 by "" and in 2004 by "". This is the first game in the series to tackle supernatural elements such as the Cthulhu Mythos, the previous two games having fairly traditional

neg: Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring (known in North America as Secret of the Silver Earring and as Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring) is a video game developed by Frogwares and published in 2004 for Microsoft Windows by Digital Jesters in Europe and Ubisoft in North America. While the game is "inspired by "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"," it uses an original plotline — set in London in 1897 — and allows the player to investigate a murder as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson. A version for Wii

neg: William Mycroft with 58 and took five wickets in an innings six times. In the following years Mycroft played for both Derbyshire and MCC on a regular but less frequent basis. In the 1885 season, Mycroft played his penultimate game in a match between MCC and Derbyshire at Lords. His brother Thomas, who also played for both teams, was also playing one of his last games and on this occasion Thomas took a stint of bowling instead of wicket-keeping. The main bowlers on the opposing sides were Sherwin and Shacklock. The first Sherlock Holmes story was published two years later and there

neg: Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud is the first novel in the Young Sherlock Holmes series that depicts Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes as a teenager in the 1860s and 70s. It was written by Andrew Lane and released in the UK on June 4, 2010 by Macmillan Books. After a month of holidays Sherlock discovers that his brother Mycroft has hired him an unusual American tutor named Amyus Crowe. During their first lesson together Sherlock finds a dead body on the Holmes' estate and witnesses the same cloud surrounding the body that Matty had

neg: Sherlock Holmes pastiches Watson's grandson, played by Arthur Lowe. "The Adventures of Shirley Holmes" is the story of the teenage Anglo-Canadian grandniece of Sherlock Holmes, Shirley, who after discovering some of Sherlock Holmes' effects (which he had concealed to ensure that only a fitting successor of similar intellect would find them), goes on to solve many crimes and mysteries with the assistance of her male Watson-like friend, Bo Sawchuk. She also has a Moriarty-like arch-enemy in the form of Molly Hardy. In "Hidan no Aria" series, the character Aria Holmes Kanzake is the descendant of Sherlock Holmes. "Tantei Opera Milky Holmes" has four

neg: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes The Testament of Sherlock Holmes The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is an adventure video game in the "Sherlock Holmes" series developed by Frogwares and published by Focus Home Interactive. After being delayed from an original 2010 release, the game was released in Europe on 20 September 2012 and in North America on 25 September 2012. The game was developed primarily for consoles, and features a new graphic engine and gameplay mechanics. It is based on the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, the protagonist of 56 short stories and 4 novels by Arthur Conan Doyle. Like many other games in the series,

neg: Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House case a secret. Although being a commercial success, the game received mixed to negative reviews from critics and user reviews. IGN gave it a poor score of 4.5. Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House is an adventure video game for the Nintendo DS handheld game console by Frogwares. It is the first in the "Sherlock Holmes" series to be made specifically for the DS. "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House" places a heavy emphasis on puzzles, which the player solves using the stylus and touch screen. These largely

neg: Sherlock Holmes (1932 film) Sherlock Holmes (1932 film) Sherlock Holmes (a.k.a. Conan Doyle's Master Detective Sherlock Holmes) is a 1932 American Pre-Code film starring Clive Brook as the eponymous London detective. The movie is based on the successful stage play "Sherlock Holmes" by William Gillette, in turn based on the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, and is directed by William K. Howard for the Fox Film Corporation. Brook had played Holmes previously in "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" and the "Murder Will Out" segment of "Paramount on Parade". Reginald Owen plays Dr. Watson, and Ernest Torrence is Holmes's arch-rival, Professor Moriarty. Reginald Owen played

neg: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes is an adventure game series developed by Mythos Software and published by the American computer game company Electronic Arts for DOS in the 1990s. The series contains "The Case of the Serrated Scalpel" (1992), and "The Case of the Rose Tattoo" (1996). The two games in the series made extensive use of a location map, which allowed players quick, direct access to all game locations. While not the first computer detective game, "The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes" nonetheless advanced the genre through its use of the Sherlock

neg: Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes 1960s, there was a BBC TV series entitled "Sherlock Holmes" with Douglas Wilmer and Nigel Stock. Peter Cushing, who had earlier played the detective in the Hammer version of "The Hound of the Baskervilles", later took over from Wilmer in the lead role. The 24 part series "Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson" (1979–1980) starred Geoffrey Whitehead as Holmes and Donald Pickering as Watson. In 1982, Granada Television aired an eight-part series entitled "" which told the story of Holmes' youth. The show starred Guy Henry as Sherlock Holmes. Also in 1982, the BBC produced an adaptation of The Hound of

neg: Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series) Rathbone and Bruce, the historian Jim Harmon considered that this was "near perfect casting". The series included continuity of two actors playing recurring characters: Mary Gordon, who played Mrs. Hudson, and Dennis Hoey, who portrayed Inspector Lestrade. Other recurring characters were played by numerous actors, with Professor Moriarty being played by three people: Lionel Atwill in "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon", Henry Daniell in "The Woman in Green" and George Zucco in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". Some supporting actors reappeared in a number of roles in what Davies called the series' "own little repertory company of actors"; these

neg: Miss Sherlock Miss Sherlock Miss Sherlock (ミス・シャーロック) is a female-led adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The show is primarily set in Tokyo, Japan. It is a co-production between HBO Asia and Hulu Japan. Both the main characters, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are played by women, Yuko Takeuchi and Shihori Kanjiya respectively and it is the first major series to cast a woman as Holmes. "Miss Sherlock" depicts "consulting detective" Sara "Sherlock" Shelly Futaba (Yūko Takeuchi) solving various mysteries in modern-day Tokyo. Sherlock is assisted by her flatmate, Dr. Wato Tachibana (Shihori Kanjiya), a doctor who

neg: Dr. Watson Liu), an ex-surgeon turned sober companion. She is appointed to monitor the recovery of former heroin addict Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller), but takes to detective work, becoming his protégée and eventually his partner. The adaptation is set in New York. In the 2013 Russian adaptation "Sherlock Holmes", Dr Watson is portrayed as older than Holmes. The character was played by Andrei Panin, in his last role, as he died shortly after the filming was finished. In the 2014 Japanese puppetry "Sherlock Holmes", John H. Watson who transfers from Australia is a son of doctor and roommate of Sherlock Holmes

neg: Sidney Paget 1891 through December 1892, when the publishers accidentally sent him the letter of commission rather than his younger brother, Walter Paget. Despite the commonly held belief that Paget based Holmes' appearance on that of Walter, his brother Henry Marriott (H.M.) Paget denied this was the case. "The assertion that the artist's brother Walter, or any other person, served as model for the portrait of Sherlock Holmes is incorrect." In 1893, Paget illustrated "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes", published in "The Strand" as further episodes of the "Adventures". When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle revived the Sherlock Holmes series with "The Hound

neg: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Bros. later confirmed to "Entertainment Weekly" that McAdams would play a part in the sequel but that it would be a cameo. The female lead role was played by Noomi Rapace. Joel Silver, the film's producer, has said that "we always intended to have a different kind of girl for each movie" in the vein of Bond girls. He found it "complicated" to persuade McAdams to return in a smaller role: "She loved being with us, but she hoped to have a bigger role." Joe Morgenstern of "The Wall Street Journal" felt "she vanishes all too soon in this overproduced,

neg: Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche by Paul Kane. The book thrusts Sherlock Holmes into the world of Clive Barker's "Hellraiser". After the death of his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, Holmes finds himself bored without someone with whom to match wits. He stirs from his malaise when an interesting case presents itself: Laurence Cotton’s brother Francis has gone missing with only his screams from behind a locked door a clue to his whereabouts. Soon enough to trail leads Holmes to a particular puzzle box. Niall Alexander of Tor.com

neg: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes a gas leak but a bomb which was the cause. This leads them to investigate a case of espionage and the strange death of an unidentified man. In this game, establishing the identity of the victim is as important as finding out who killed him. The intricate plot leads the player to a great number of locations over town and involves several subplots. The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes is an adventure game series developed by Mythos Software and published by the American computer game company Electronic Arts for DOS in the 1990s. The

neg: Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series) included Harry Cording, who played seven roles in different films, and Gerald Hamer and Harold De Becker, who both played four roles, among others. Four of the films—"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon", "The Woman in Green", "Terror by Night" and "Dressed to Kill"—are in the public domain. In 2006 the four films were digitally restored and computer colourised by Legend Films, who released the colour and black and white films on DVDs. The two 20th Century Fox films—"The Hound of the Baskervilles" and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"—had survived complete and in good condition, but those in the Universal

neg: Sherlock Holmes (video game series) Windows, the series first began in September 2002 with "Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy". The debut is in the first-person perspective and follows Sherlock Holmes' investigation of a British archaeologist's mansion. The game was resurrected and expanded for the Nintendo DS allowing puzzles to be solved with the stylus and touchscreen. The second game in the series, "Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring", followed in October 2004, and introduced the third-person perspective. In it, Holmes and Watson investigate the murder of a construction tycoon, Sir Melvyn Bromsby; with his daughter, Lavinia, among the suspects. The third

neg: Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin historical artifacts. Solving the mysteries of the game involve examining locations and discovering clues. On May 18, 2010, Frogwares released a remastered version of "Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin". This version adds the option of a third person perspective, as well as walking animations for the sections of the game in which Holmes and Watson are together. The version of the game downloadable from Steam and GOG has been updated to include these changes as well. The first four "Sherlock Holmes" titles from Frogwares—"", "", "" and "Nemesis"—totaled roughly 1.5 million global sales by February 2009. "Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène

neg: Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House is an adventure video game for the Nintendo DS handheld game console by Frogwares. It is the first in the "Sherlock Holmes" series to be made specifically for the DS. "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House" places a heavy emphasis on puzzles, which the player solves using the stylus and touch screen. These largely take the form of minigames which include jigsaw puzzles, codes to decipher and paintings to examine. Each of these puzzles has its own difficulty settings and styles of

neg: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film) in which Holmes is played by Robert Downey, Jr.. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (released theatrically as Sherlock Holmes in the United Kingdom) is a 1939 mystery-adventure film released by Twentieth Century Fox. It is a pastiche featuring the characters of the Sherlock Holmes series of books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film is an adaptation of the 1899 play "Sherlock Holmes" by William Gillette, though there is little resemblance in the plots. The picture is the second installment to the series of fourteen "Sherlock Holmes" film series released between 1939 and

neg: William of Baskerville he departed from his role as an inquisitor, his torture and the death of the accused remain fresh in his mind. In the 1986 movie "The Name of the Rose", Sean Connery played the role of Brother William of Baskerville. The fictional friar, William of Baskerville, alludes both to the fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes and to William of Ockham. The name itself is derived from William of Ockham and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book "The Hound of the Baskervilles". Another view is that Eco has created Brother William as a combination of Roger Bacon, William of Ockham and Sherlock Holmes.

neg: Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper to establish murder times, before developing detailed theories about why the murders are being committed. The player pieces together torn-up notes, assembles objects, and takes on sliding-block challenges. The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Gamespot negatively commented on the way the player gathers clues in the game, as they must first run errands from the police. Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper is an adventure game for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360, developed by Ukrainian studio Frogwares. It is the fifth game in the Sherlock Holmes series of adventure games developed

neg: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) "Sherlock Holmes" films together, top billing went to Richard Greene, who was the film's romantic lead. Rathbone was billed second. Wendy Barrie, who played Beryl Stapleton, the woman with whom Greene falls in love, received third billing, and Nigel Bruce, the film's Dr. Watson, was billed fourth. In all their other Holmes films, Rathbone and Bruce would receive first and second billing respectively. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" marks the first of the fourteen "Sherlock Holmes" films starring Rathbone and Bruce as Holmes and Watson, respectively. It is also notable as the earliest known "Sherlock Holmes" film to be set

neg: Solar Pons of the order in which the stories had appeared in the original Derleth volumes. In "The Adventure of the Other Brother", included in "The Papers of Sherlock Holmes Volume II" by David Marcum (2011, 2013) Holmes and Watson travel to Yorkshire in 1896 to defend Holmes's older brother, Sherrinford, from a charge of murder, as first briefly mentioned at the conclusion of William S. Baring-Gould's biography, "Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street" (1962). While there, they encounter Sherrinford's youngest son, 16-year-old Siger Holmes (named after his grandfather). Siger looks like a young Sherlock Holmes, and also shows a remarkable facility for

neg: Sherlock Holmes (video game series) won "GameSpot"'s Best Use of a License Award. The fourth game in the series, "Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin" (also known as "Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis"), was released in the third quarter of 2007. The game's antagonist is Arsène Lupin, a fictional gentleman thief created by French writer Maurice Leblanc. It begins at Holmes' residence at 221B Baker Street in London, where Holmes and Dr. Watson find a letter from Lupin. The thief states in the letter he will steal five items of great value to England. In late 2008, a fifth installment was announced; "Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper"

neg: Sherlock (TV series) airing on BBC One and PBS on 1 January 2017 and concluded on 15 January 2017. The first episode, "A Study in Pink", loosely based upon the first Sherlock Holmes novel "A Study in Scarlet", was written by Moffat and directed by Paul McGuigan. The story depicts the introduction of Sherlock to John, and them entering a flatshare at Baker Street in London, and then their investigation into a series of deaths, initially believed to be suicides. Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older brother, played by Mark Gatiss, also appears for the first time. The episode was first broadcast simultaneously on BBC

neg: Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments is an adventure mystery video game in the "Sherlock Holmes" series developed by Frogwares and published by Focus Home Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One in 2014. Its title is a play on the title of the Russian novel "Crime and Punishment" by author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The game takes place in London and its suburbs in 1894 and 1895 with gameplay focused on finding the right culprit and making the moral choice of absolving or condemning them. The game is the first in

neg: Cluedo license "The Great New Sherlock Holmes Game" from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle estate. Advertising at the time suggested players would take on the guise of "Sherlock Holmes following the path of the criminal", however no depictions of Holmes appears in the advertising or on the box. By 1950 the game was simply marketed as "The Great Detective Game" until the 1960s, at which time it became: "Parker Brothers Detective Game". But the association with Sherlock Holmes was far from over. With the launch of the US 1972 edition, a television commercial showed Holmes and Watson engaged in a particularly

neg: Minor Sherlock Holmes characters a character called Wiggins (played by Graham Armitage) who is a footman at the Diogenes Club. He delivers a note to Mycroft Holmes (played by Christopher Lee) and receives instructions concerning various items. The character, credited as "Bill Wiggins", also appears in the series three finale of "Sherlock" portrayed by Tom Brooke as a drug user who actually demonstrates the beginning of Sherlock's deductive skills, and later appoints himself a "pupil" of Sherlock's. Some fictional characters associated with Sherlock Holmes are not part of the Conan Doyle canon and were created by other writers. Auguste Lupa is the son of

neg: The Hound of London Queen of Bohemia in the film. Patrick Macnee was cast as Sherlock Holmes. Previously, Macnee had portrayed Watson three times: once to Roger Moore's Sherlock Holmes in a 1976 TV movie, "Sherlock Holmes in New York" and twice with Christopher Lee ("Incident at Victoria Falls" and "Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady"). This film made Macnee only the fourth actor to have played both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, joining Reginald Owen (Watson in the 1932 film "Sherlock Holmes", and then Holmes in 1933's "A Study in Scarlet"), Jeremy Brett (Watson on stage in "The Crucifer of Blood" and Holmes

neg: William Lee Miller of the 20th century... ...He was a big influence on me, the reason I studied the things I did, and he would be my mentor -- my chief mentor... ...I didn't study directly with him; I studied at Yale under his brother, a man called Richard Niebuhr, who was kind of the Mycroft Holmes to his Sherlock Holmes -- you know, the Sherlock Holmes story, the one who's in the background and is even smarter than his well known brother. But Reinhold was down in New York, and we collaborated in many organizations. I wrote for his magazine. I knew

neg: Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes and boredom", this friend being an opium-addicted and increasingly weak Sherlock Holmes. Rupert Everett plays the Great Detective. 2002 also saw the made for television cable movie, "Case of Evil", about a 20-something Sherlock Holmes (James D'Arcy) and a Doctor Watson who worked as an early practitioner of autopsies, on the trail of Holmes' archenemy, Professor Moriarty (Vincent D'Onofrio). An adaptation of "The Speckled Band" aired on the early TV anthology series "Your Show Time", and starred Alan Napier as Holmes and Melville Cooper as Watson. John Cleese played Holmes in a 1973 episode of "Comedy Playhouse": "Elementary My Dear