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The Sherlock Holmes File | Michael Pointer

One of the chapters is an account of the first Sherlock Holmes Society of London's pilgrimage to the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland in 1968.
The society Flickr account has an album of photos showing their journey, in costume, from London to Switzerland, including several luminaries of Holmesian studies. It was gratifying to find a couple of photos including Michael Pointer.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shsl/albums/72157640063611234/
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Bookwomble The photo shows the pilgrims meeting Adrian Conan Doyle at his Swiss home, Chateau de Lucens. Holmes is Society member Tony Howlett, and as Irene Adler, Dominique Joos, an actor hired for the role, who performed in a “whodunit“ scene at the Society banquet in Geneva. (edited) 2w

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The Sherlock Holmes File | Michael Pointer

"If Conan Doyle had really meant business when he attempted to get rid of Sherlock Holmes, he should have killed off Dr Watson. That's the key to it. Without Watson there really can be no Holmes."

Pointer giving the good doctor his due recognition, both as a character & as a narrative device.

Of all the Watsons, Nigel Bruce's incarnation (despite the un-Canonical bumbling) is always the one that springs to my mind.
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes #Sherlocked

bibliothecarivs Okay, Bruce's Watson is the one that comes to mind, but which is your favorite portrayal in film/ television? 2w

Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs While Jeremy Brett is my favourite Holmes (though only a hair's breadth ahead of Basil Rathbone), and both Watson actors in that production were good, neither emanated the warmth of character that Bruce installed in his part. It's not always an accurate depiction, but captures Watson's faithfulness, dependability and vulnerability. So, it is Nigel Bruce for me 😊 2w

Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs Pointer's opinion of Bruce's Watson is: "regrettable"! I accept, myself, that he's not a good representation of Doyle's Watson, but I guess he seeped into my consciousness as a child. My least favourite Watson portrayals are Jude Law and Martin Freeman, as they always present to me as being themselves pretending to be the part they're playing, rather than actually being the part. 2w

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bibliothecarivs Fascinating. Thanks for sharing, my friend. 2w

dabbe Nigel & Basil! 🖤🖤🖤 2w

The_Book_Ninja I used to watch the Rathbone Sherlocks when I was a kid too and absolutely loved them. Imagine my surprise when I eventually read a book and there was no incredulous buffoonery from Watson. I now consider Bruce‘s Watson as beyond ridiculous 2w

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja Not at all accurate, but I'm still fond of him 😊 2w

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The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes | Michael Pointer

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I really enjoyed Pointer's knowledgeable critiques and reviews of the Great Detective's appearances off the page and on the boards, the silver screen, the airways, the idiot box, and vinyl.

It could have been a dense info-dump, but Pointer cleverly distilled that into the 80-odd pages of Catalogue at the back of the book, delivering 116 initial pages of deftly handled history and anecdotes.
On the strength of this, I've ordered a copy of his 👇

Bookwomble ... "The Sherlock Holmes Files", which, by the same publisher within a year of the present book, I trust doesn't do much recapping of this material.
David & Charles published a series of Holmesian studies in the early to mid '70s, which all seem to be fairly highly rated. It would be a pleasant thing were some other titles to appear on my shelves ?:
https://www.librarything.com/nseries/389564/David-and-Charles-Holmesian-Studies 3w

Bookwomble #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #Sherlocked 3w

dabbe #stacked #sherlocked 🤩 3w

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The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes | Michael Pointer

"So far we have been spared the spectacle of Sherlock Holmes on ice!"

If you live long enough, though... ?⛸️?

"Sherlock Ice Skating Show"
https://scarlettentertainment.com/gb/acts/sherlock-ice-skating-show

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BarbaraJean The key words there are “so far” 😂 3w

TieDyeDude I am a firm believer that everything is better as an ice capade show! 😝 3w

dabbe 😮🤩😮 3w

Read4life @dabbe are you ready for a trip to Switzerland? #Sherlocked ✈️ 3w

dabbe @Read4life Let me check my calendar! 🩵✈️🩵 3w

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Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: The Life of the World's First Consulting Detective | William Stuart Baring-Gould

A couple of Sherlock Holmes books I didn't go looking for yesterday, but which I found anyway! ?
I'm pleased to have added Baring-Gould's pseudo biography to my collection: it's a 1962 first edition and treats its subject as if historical, in best Holmesian tradition.
The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1975 review of "the many ways in which the entertainment industry has used, and misused, the best-known character in all fiction." ?

Bookwomble Naturally limited to its publication date, with some neat photos from film and stage. The second half is a catalogue listing the Great Detective's appearances on stage, screen and radio, which is a useful reference, but dry reading, so I won't do that when I come to it.
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes (edited) 3w

tpixie Very interesting finds! 🥇 3w

Cuilin I love it when books find their owner!!! #IAmSherlocked 3w

dabbe 🖤🔎🖤 #sherlocked 3w

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Surprised? #sherlocked

Eggs Hardly!! 1mo

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Complete Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes display at the Phoenix, Az. location of Bookmans! I always compliment them on their displays. Lookin at you 👀 @dabbe

TiredLibrarian Love me some Holmes!❤️ 2mo

bibliothecarivs @Bookwomble 👀 2mo

Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs It's a nice display, thanks 😊 I think my collection of Holmesiana could give it a run for its money, though (in a modest way! No first editions of anything 😁). 2mo

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Cuilin @dabbe I thought of you too??? Hmmm 🧐 2mo

dabbe I am in #sherlocked heaven! I'll have to pay them a visit! 🤩😂🤗 2mo

Leftcoastzen @dabbe 😂👍 2mo

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

#25Alive
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Hands down this one. A reread many times over and still my fave. #sherlocked

Aims42 Love this cover 🤩😍 2mo

dabbe @Aims42 It's quite quirky, isn't it? 🤩😂🤗 2mo

Aims42 @dabbe ‘Quirky‘ is the perfect adjective for it 😁 It‘s so fun 2mo

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