Hubert Willis
Actor · 1876 – 1933 · Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
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Movie7.0MysteryCrimeHolmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king.
A Scandal in Bohemia
1921 · 2 votes
Movie7.0MysteryCrimeAfter the death in suspicious circumstances of Charles Baskerville, the last descendant of the lineage of the Baskervilles, Henry, returned to the old family mansion. The charismatic detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful assistant, Dr. Watson, investigating the case, and discover the existence of a supernatural hound that in addition murderer according to history, killed many years ago Hugo Baskerville, the first of the line, and it seems that the curse stalks his descendants.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1921 · 2 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaSherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) is on vacation when he stumbles into a house and discovers two bodies. Both have been dead for hours but there aren't any visible signs of violence and soon other bodies start to pile up.
The Devil's Foot
1921 · 5 votes
- MovieDrama
An assassin's daughter learns she is the King's bastard and dies to save his life. Based on the novel "Une fille de regent" by Alexandre Dumas père.
- Movie9.0MysteryCrime
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Red-Haired League
1921 · 1 votes
MovieA scientist brings a divinity student back to life, but revived lacks his soul.
MovieDramaA man turns poacher for love of a married woman and is jailed by his widowed mother's evidence.
Movie6.4CrimeDramaSherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) knows that a man has killed a former partner but he can't prove it unless he finds a dying detective who knows what really happened. Norwood would play Holmes in over thirty films and he's quite good in the role bring an intelligent looking character.
The Dying Detective
1921 · 5 votes
- Movie7.0MysteryCrime
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Tiger of San Pedro
1921 · 1 votes
Movie6.0MysteryCrimeHolmes finds that the disappearance of respectable middle class Neville St. Clair may be linked to a filthy beggar living above an opium den.
The Man with the Twisted Lip
1921 · 5 votes
- Movie8.0CrimeDrama
A headstrong but titled suffragette slips into the power of a murderous con artist.
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
1923 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0MysteryCrime
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Stockbroker's Clerk
1922 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0MysteryCrime
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Yellow Face
1921 · 1 votes
Movie8.0MysteryEille Norwood stars as the Great Detective in three episodes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia, wherein Holmes falls for ‘the woman’; The Golden Pince-Nez, which features Holmes’ deductive powers at work; and The Final Problem, featuring the sinister Professor Moriarty. The episodes are accompanied by newly commissioned scores by Joanna MacGregor, Neil Brand and Joseph Havlat.
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases
2025 · 1 votes
Movie8.0MysteryCrimeEarly silent Sherlock Holmes adventure
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1921 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0CrimeDrama
A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife.
The Mystery of Thor Bridge
1923 · 1 votes
Movie7.5MysteryCrimeAn adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Golden Pince-Nez
1922 · 2 votes
- Movie10.0CrimeMystery
A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.
The Mystery of the Dancing Men
1923 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0MysteryCrime
There is a dark mystery in Hampshire, near Winchester. Why does this strange couple insist the governess cut her hair short? Why is she told funny stories? And who is in the tower?
The Copper Beeches
1921 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0MysteryCrime
Holmes is approached by Miss Violet Smith with a most peculiar problem. She has recently accepted a position with Mr. Carruthers as a music teacher for his 10 year old daughter. On Saturdays, she returns to her home to he with her mother and returns to Chilton Grange Manor on Mondays. She cycles the several miles to the train station and recently she has noticed a man, also on a bicycle, following her. He is quite blatantly there, stopping when she stops and always keeping the same distance from her but making no attempt to to hide his presence. She is worried at least in part because she recently rejected the advances of a Mr. Woodley who became upset and violent at the rejection. As Holmes soon deduces, she has good reason to be fearful, though not necessarily from the cyclist.
The Solitary Cyclist
1921 · 1 votes
Movie9.0MysteryCrimeHolmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:
Charles Augustus Milverton
1922 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0MysteryCrime
A popular aristocrat has been killed, but no one can learn how. No one, that is, until the return of Sherlock Holmes.
The Empty House
1921 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0CrimeDrama
Holmes receives a mysterious telegram from Cyril Overton, the captain of the Cambridge University rugby team. Overton later explains that one of the best players on his team, a young man named Godfrey Staunton, went missing while in London for an important game. Holmes follows a trail of clues back to Cambridge.
The Missing Three Quarter
1923 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0MysteryCrime
A wealthy banker comes to Holmes desperate to recover a valuable British gem--and to deal with his son's apparent dishonor.
The Beryl Coronet
1921 · 1 votes