John Longden appears as Sherlock Holmes, Campbell Singer as Doctor Watson, in this three-reel version of Conan Doyle's THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP.
Given all the short Sherlock Holmes stories that Doyle wrote, it was a natural source for a television series, and this was produced as a pilot for a proposed series. It was not successful, and instead the pilot was released to the theaters as a short subject.
It's a nice pilot, and the reasons for its failure are obscure three-quarters of a century later. One possibility is the location work, which must have added enormously to its cost. There's little to complain about the actual movie, which is a good version of the tale.
Given all the short Sherlock Holmes stories that Doyle wrote, it was a natural source for a television series, and this was produced as a pilot for a proposed series. It was not successful, and instead the pilot was released to the theaters as a short subject.
It's a nice pilot, and the reasons for its failure are obscure three-quarters of a century later. One possibility is the location work, which must have added enormously to its cost. There's little to complain about the actual movie, which is a good version of the tale.