Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery considered a lost film. Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery is a 1908 American silent film directed by an unknown director. The film was released on 27 November 1908 and is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841), which is considered the first detective story, though the plot was altered to include Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes instead of Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. Dr. Watson makes his film debut here, though the actors playing Holmes and Watson are unknown, as the rest of
The Lady in the Morgue (morgues, cemeteries). The British publishing house Methuen & Co. Ltd. republished "The Lady in the Morgue" in hardcover in 1957. "The Lady in the Morgue" was adapted for the big screen in 1938 (aka "The Case of the Missing Blonde" in the UK). The screenplay was written by Eric Taylor and Robertson White; the film, which starred Preston Foster as Bill Crane, was directed by Otis Garrett. It has often been cited as a particularly well-made B-movie. The Lady in the Morgue The Lady in the Morgue (1936) is one of the novels by Jonathan Latimer featuring private detective William