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Film director, screenwriter, playwright. Years active. 1963–present. William Fruet (born January 1, 1933) [1] is a Canadian film and television director, playwright and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the drama Wedding in White (1972), based on a play he had also written.
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Sherlock Holmes (/ ˈ ʃ ɜːr l ɒ k ˈ h oʊ m z /) is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients ...
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Holmes calls upon Watson at his surgery late one night to request his assistance in an investigation. Holmes explains that, in Aldershot Camp, Colonel James Barclay of The Royal Munsters and his wife Nancy DeVoy Barclay were a seemingly happy couple; however, Barclay has died, and his wife is suspected of his murder. Major Murphy, Holmes' contact i...
"Elementary, my dear Watson" is an often quoted line from Sherlock Holmes. However, Holmes never says this in any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories. In The Adventure of the Crooked Man, though, he comes his closest to it: 1. "I have the advantage of knowing your habits, my dear Watson," said he. 2. … 3. "Excellent!" I cried. 4. "Elementary," said...
"The Adventure of the Crooked Man" was published in the UK in The Strand Magazine in July 1893, and in the US in Harper's Weekly on 8 July 1893. It was also published in the US edition of The Strand Magazine in August 1893. The story was published with seven illustrations by Sidney Paget in the Strand, and with two illustrations by W. H. Hyde in Ha...
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The story was adapted as a 1923 silent short film as part of the Stoll film series. It starred Eille Norwood as Holmes and Hubert Willis as Watson, and featured Gladys Jennings as Mrs Barclay and Dora De Wintonas Miss Morrison. The Granada TV version with Jeremy Brett is faithful to the original — except that it has the housekeeper, instead of the coachman, tell Holmes of the clue of the missing key. It also hints that the "Mallows" are a "Lancers" regiment and that Barclay owed most of his r...
Radio
Edith Meiser adapted the story as an episode of the American radio series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes which aired on 1 December 1930, with Richard Gordonas Sherlock Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr. Watson. Edith Meiser also adapted the story as an episode of the later American radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruceas Watson, that was broadcast on 10 November 1940. Michael Hardwick dramatised the story as a 1966 BBC Light Programme...
The full text of The Adventure of the Crooked Manat WikisourceMedia related to The Adventure of the Crooked Manat Wikimedia CommonsThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, including The Adventure of the Crooked Man at Standard EbooksThe Adventure of the Crooked Man public domain audiobook at LibriVox- United Kingdom
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William Fruet. Director. Writer. Actor. IMDbProStarmeterSee rank. William Fruet was born on 1 January 1933 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for The House by the Lake (1976), The Egg Factory (2008) and Spasms (1983). BornJanuary 1, 1933. More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Resume. BornJanuary 1, 1933.
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Jan 26, 2015 · 26 January 2015. Clip from William Gillette's 1916 film adaptation of Sherlock Holmes - previously thought lost. By Tom de Castella. BBC News Magazine. A 1916 silent movie featuring...
William Gillette was an American actor and playwright known best for his portrayal of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. A native of Hartford, Gillette gave over 1,300 theater performances—and starred in one movie—as Sherlock Holmes, a role he adapted from the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
William Fruet. Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor. (b. January 1, 1933 Lethbridge, Alberta) A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, William Fruet trained as an actor, playwright and director. He moved to Toronto in 1952, intending to find acting work, but had to supplement his occasional roles in CBC productions by working as ...
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