[Book Nerd News] Long-Lost Silent Sherlock Holmes Movie is Found

Long-Lost Silent Sherlock Holmes Movie is Found [courtesy The Hollywood Reporter]

This is terribly exciting news for fans of literature, theatre, and silent cinema.

William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes, 1916

An advert for William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes, 1916

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes

The Center of Science and Industry [COSI] in my hometown of Columbus is the second stop for this fabulous interactive Holmes experience. It runs 8 February-1 September.

Does this look amazing or does this look amazing? Your call. I am going next month. I’ll be sure to do a follow-up post!

A Study in Scarlet artwork by David Henry Friston, for Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887

A Study in Scarlet by A. Conan Doyle, with  artwork by David Henry Friston.  Beeton’s Christmas Annual, December 1887.

Writers Enjoying Winter, Part One

The Fitzgerald Family Celebrating Christmas

The Fitzgerald Family Celebrating Christmas

Ernest, Hadley, and Jack Hemingway in Schruns, Austria. 1925

Ernest, Hadley, and Jack Hemingway in Schruns, Austria (1925)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle enjoying a ski holiday

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle enjoying a ski holiday

Sylvia Plath and Marcia Brown Stern courtesy alumnae association of smith college

Sylvia Plath and Marcia Brown Stern (courtesy Alumnae Association of Smith College)

Hey There, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, You Natty Gent! It’s Your Birthday!

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on this day in 1859. In addition to being a physician and wildly famous author, he was quite the fashion plate.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890.

QUOTE: “I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.”

SOME WORKS: The Sherlock Holmes books; The Stark Munro Letters; The Maracot Deep; The Lost World; dozens of short stories.

A KEEPSAKE:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle print by Pemberley Pond

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle print by Pemberley Pond. $19.92

My Love of All That is Bizarre

“I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life.”-Sherlock Holmes, The Red-Headed League (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).

Sherlock

Sherlock

Yes, I know that Sherlock is a surname here. That doesn’t stop me from giggling every time I walk by this grave at my favourite hiking spot. I’m such a hopeless LitGeek.