this episode of the jeremy brett sherlock holmes series be the bad in term of be a bloat two hour reconstruct story . despite good work by brett and edward hardwicke and and simon callow and it again demonstrate how the writer of a screenplay can wreck the work of a good writer . the adventure of the noble bachelor appear in the first collection of sherlock holmes short story and the adventure of sherlock holmes . the story detail how holmes and watson get involve with trace the whereabouts of a young american woman and the daughter of mining millionaire and who be about to marry one lord robert st. simon and a man of impeccable breeding and background one of the most available high profile aristocrat in the marriage market . the young woman ( alice doran ) disappear at the chapel where the marriage be about to commence . the police ( lestrade in charge again ) be suspicious of the antic of a former girlfriend of lord robert and who may have threaten the miss bride . and then there be also a mysterious man who be see near her hotel on several occasion . holmes and in the end and be able to figure out what exactly happen and although it do not please his client . now lord st. simon appear to be a well mannered and self important jerk in the story and but he give no indication of be the conniving monster that be create by the scriptwriter . they turn him into a violent version of edward rochester and with a still live wife hide in the ancestral house and in squalor ( similar to bertha mason rochester in the attic in jane eyre ) . he be a fortune hunter who marry and get rid of wife ( so why not the first one . ) . the conclusion of this film be about a far off base a one could get from the short story and which end on a friendly note . when he write the noble bachelor and conan doyle be make subtle comment about a trend of his time . spoiler come up representalice turn out to have be reunite with one francis ( frank ) hay moulton and a young american who prospect near her father in california and but have no luck . mr. doran ( when he strike it rich ) would have nothing of moulton and pull alice away to europe and and decide to buy a title for his daughter . it be very common in the gilded age for multi millionaire in america to marry into french or british aristocracy . the best recalled marriage be of consuelo vanderbilt to the duke of marleborough and and of jennie jerome to lord randolph churchill ( the latter produce winston churchill ) . anne gould marry count boni de castlelaine . the trend continue to this day ( jackie kennedy onassis sister lee bouvier become princess radziwell of hungary ) . but it be at it height in the 1890s 1920s . conan doyle be poke fun at this ridiculous right of passage of a new snobbish american aristocracy and and show that lord st. simon really be not worth the trouble ( when he learn the truth st. simon will not congratulate the moulton on their marriage ) . conan doyle end the story with holmes demonstrate a good approach to good international relationship and in a memorable comment suggest that one day the memory of the idiot who cause the american revolution will fade and britain and the u. s. may yet be reunite again . a i have say before and conan doyle could write the head off of some screenplay writer .