tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post700740463681085483..comments2023-11-05T08:08:48.848-05:00Comments on The Bunburyist: BFI hunts for missing A Study in Scarlet (1914).Elizabeth Foxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151714538393844565noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post-47332929370863945272014-08-29T18:42:33.389-04:002014-08-29T18:42:33.389-04:00I was thinking that it might have something to do ...I was thinking that it might have something to do with length, but I see that "The Copper Beeches," "Mystery of Boscombe Valley," and "The Musgrave Ritual" (all 1912) are all 2-reelers, just like the Francis Ford version of "A Study in Scarlet." Perhaps people think that because "A Study in Scarlet" is the first Holmes in print, it must be the first film as well.Elizabeth Foxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151714538393844565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post-85683779986428138152014-08-28T17:34:50.094-04:002014-08-28T17:34:50.094-04:00I'm confounded as to why articles keep referri...I'm confounded as to why articles keep referring to this as the first Sherlock Holmes film. The first I know of was in 1903. There were at least a half-dozen more before this one comes into play—including some that Conan Doyle assisted with.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.com