Sherlock Holmes Baffled

Sherlock Holmes Baffled is a silent film by Arthur Marvin from the year 1900. It is the first known film in which the character of Sherlock Holmes was used.

Action

A burglar robbing a room. Sherlock Holmes enters the room and caught the thief, who immediately abruptly dissolves into thin air. This irritated the detective, who then sits down on a chair to smoke a cigar. At this moment the burglar appears out of nowhere again before Holmes, who draws his gun and shoots the man. But the intruder disappears again and appeared behind Holmes again. Holmes turns around and tries to seize the thief, but who makes himself invisible again. Now Holmes takes the bag with the stolen goods in and wants to leave the room when the intruder appears again and escapes through the window to the outside.

Background

About the backgrounds of the emergence of this extremely short and action- poor film almost nothing is known. His film- historical significance wins this rather curious plant in that it is the oldest, according to current knowledge Sherlock Holmes film, although the character shown may show no significant similarities with the literary figure. The focus of this short film, however, focuses on the use of popular around the turn of the century Stop tricks. Sherlock Holmes was produced baffled on April 26, 1900. During the actors of this film are unknown, operate the camera, Arthur Marvin, brother of the co-founder of Biograph Company Henry Marvin, attributed. A copy of the camera positive for paper film is preserved in the Library of Congress.