On TCM tonight, Blu-Ray Nov 10th
On TCM tonight. Blu-Ray from Flicker Alley in 3 weeks.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=16773 & http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sherlock-Holmes-Blu-ray/131836/
Special Features:
Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900): Courtesy of the Library of Congress and presented in HD, this is the earliest known film to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes.
A Canine Sherlock (1912): From the EYE Film Institute, the film stars Spot the Dog as the titular character.
Più forte che Sherlock Holmes (1913): Also from the EYE Film Institute, this entertaining Italian trick-film owes as much to Méliès as it does Doyle.
HD transfers from the Fox Movietone Collection: Interview with Arthur Conan Doyle and outtakes from a 1930 broadcast with William Gillette showing off his amateur railroad (University of South Carolina). - A PDF manuscript of the 1899 Sherlock Holmes play by William Gillette.
A PDF of the original contract between William Gillette and the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.
A booklet featuring images from the film and information about the restoration project.