Despite their clear appreciation and respect for each other, William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle didn’t met until nearly 1900 when they met during one of Gillette’s London stage tours. The two men became lifelong friends after that.
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Even though William Gillette was not the director, the assistant director (Essanay studio men Arthur Berthelet & William Postance) or even the scenario writer (H. S. Sheldon) the crew from Essanay’s Chicago contingent followed his lead almost down to the T- including the use of theatrical tricks like “Pepper’s Ghost” projections
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What we think of when we imagine Sherlock Holmes (smoking robe, deerstalker hat, pipe, daring physicality, “Oh, this is elementary, my dear fellow”, etc) comes from his stage work.
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“Sherlock Holmes” (1916) stars American actor, playwright and stage manager William Gillette. He became world famous for his re-interpretation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, who he portrayed on stage & on screen for a total of 32 non consecutive years and over 1,000 live performances.
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