Silent Sherlock Holmes film to be screened for first time since 1922 release
by Dalya Alberge from World news | The Guardian on (#6Q9V7)
The Golden Pince-Nez features Eille Norwood as the detective and has been restored by the BFI national archive
A silent Sherlock Holmes film starring Arthur Conan Doyle's favourite impersonator of the famous sleuth, Eille Norwood, is to be screened for the first time since its release in 1922, following its extensive restoration by the BFI national archive.
Titled The Golden Pince-Nez, it is a classic case of Holmes detection, based on a Conan Doyle short story that was first published in the Strand magazine in 1904.
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