Elementary Cinema: The Early Films of Sherlock Holmes

This fascinating documentary look at the formative film appearances for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's implacable sleuth is supplemented by two hours worth of rare early Holmes adaptations and parodies, including "Sherlock Holmes Baffled" (1900), "Copper Beeches" (1912), "Cousins of Sherlocko" (1913), "A Black Sherlock Holmes" (1918), "Slick Sleuths" (1926), "Sure-Locked Homes" (1928), "The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff" (1954), more. 45 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.