The Copper Beeches (1912)
1912 · Silent film · 12 min · dir. Adrien Caillard
- Drama
- Crime
Synopsis
An adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story about a father trying to gain control of his daughter's inheritance does not include Watson.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Adrien Caillard
- Studio
- Société Française des Films Éclair
- Released
- 1912-05-16
- Running time
- 12 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- The Video Cellar Collection, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Georges Treville
- Sherlock Holmes
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Cast & crew
Adrien Caillard Director- Georges Tréville
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Fascinating Historical Holmes Film · Poohbah70 · 2019-07-15
The film was produced under the supervision of Arthur Conan Doyle, which allows us a remarkable insight into how he saw fit to morph the story to fit into the approximately 25 minute time frame available - how the plot should play itself out, which actions should be dwelt on. There is no Watson, nor Rucastle's wife, nor the servants Toller and wife, nor the mastiff - evidently too much to juggle to make the story's point as Doyle saw it - less sensationalism, more melodrama. Of course, it is overacted by our talkie standards, but is in a style that was current in 1912. This version is…