Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1938

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Despite their clear appreciation and respect for each other, William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle didn’t met until nearly 1900 when they met during one of Gillette’s London stage tours. The two men became lifelong friends after that.
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The crew from Essanay’s Chicago contingent (directors Arthur Berthelet & William Postance and scenario writer H. S. Sheldon) followed Gillette’s lead- including the use of theatrical tricks like “Pepper’s Ghost”
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What we think of when we imagine Sherlock Holmes (smoking robe, deerstalker hat, pipe, daring physicality, “Oh, this is elementary, my dear fellow”, etc) comes from his stage work.
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He became world famous for his re-interpretation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, who he portrayed on stage & on screen for a total of 32 non consecutive years and over 1,000 live performances.
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“Sherlock Holmes” (1916) stars American actor, playwright and stage manager William Gillette.
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A large living room with wood furniture and stone fireplace

Living room at the Gillette Castle
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Gillette’s Castle….
On the CT River, in Lyme Connecticut
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#WilliamGillette defined #SherlockHolmes for a generation with his 1899 play that was later adapted to a film in 1916. Believed lost for a century, a single copy was found in 2014 and beautifully restored and it's wonderful this piece of history has been saved. 🔎

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