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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom

1905 film by J. Stuart Blackton
Movie short_film Q2632413
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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom

Summary

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's director is recorded as J. Stuart Blackton[4].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's screenwriter is recorded as Theodore A. Liebler Jr.[5].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's genre is recorded as silent film[6].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's genre is recorded as film based on literature[7].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's genre is recorded as crime film[8].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's based on is recorded as The Sign of Four[9].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's cast member is recorded as Kyrle Bellew[10].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's cast member is recorded as J. Barney Sherry[11].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's production company is recorded as Vitagraph Studios[12].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0000501[13].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[14].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's color is recorded as black-and-white[15].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's publication date is recorded as +1905-01-01T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cn_933[18].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's distributed by is recorded as Vitagraph Studios[19].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom'}[20].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's after a work by is recorded as Arthur Conan Doyle[21].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's aspect ratio is recorded as 4:3[22].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's ČSFD film ID is recorded as 185416[23].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's Kinopoisk film ID is recorded as 241328[24].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's EIDR content ID is recorded as 10.5240/696F-CB13-A3AF-4F95-CDE8-K[25].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's OFDb film ID is recorded as 92086[26].
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's BFI Films, TV and people ID is recorded as 4ce2b6e89e25b[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's director is recorded as J. Stuart Blackton[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Theodore A. Liebler Jr.[5]. Cast members include Kyrle Bellew[10] and J. Barney Sherry[11].

Publication

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's publication date is recorded as +1905-01-01T00:00:00Z[17]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[14]. Genres include silent film[6], film based on literature[7], and crime film[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom's after a work by is recorded as Arthur Conan Doyle[21].

Why It Matters

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Arthur Conan Doyle J. Stuart Blackton public domain The Sign of Four United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q18709181. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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