Screened in association with The Hive, Friday 20 November, 8pm, Memorial Hall, Common Road. The Film Club’s next screening is the recently released Holmes (Cert: PG) starring Ian McKellen.
According to the Guinness World Records, Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed movie character – so here are a few questions to test your knowledge
1. How many Sherlock Holmes novels did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle actually write?
2. How many actors have played the part on film?
3. In which year was the first ever ‘Sherlock Holmes’ movie made?
4. How long did it last?
5. In which year was the first sound/dialogue ‘Sherlock Holmes’ movie made?
6. In 1959 Peter Cushing played Sherlock Holmes in ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’. Who played Sir Henry Baskerville?
7. How many times did Christopher Lee play the part on screen?
8. Christopher Lee played Sherlock Holmes in the film ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace’. Under what title was this film made and released in West Germany in 1962?
9. The classic Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson actors of the 1940s were Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce respectively. Both British, but where were they born?
10. Which actor won a Golden Globe Award for his performance as the detective in the 2009 film
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