Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 30, 2023

"The game is afoot!" It is the summer of 1887 and Sherlock Holmes is lamenting the lack of any decent crime that might stimulate his brilliant mind. "There are no great crimes anymore, Watson! The criminal class has lost all enterprise and originality." In his morning mail, he receives a...   read more

Serendipitous Anachronisms Posted by Summer Reeves on June 22, 2015

2nd Annual Billy Wilder Blogathon: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) 22 Monday Jun 2015 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1970s, Blogathon, Comedy, Mystery, Romance ≈ 12 Comments Tags1970s, Andrew Sarris, Auteur Theory, Billy   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on September 14, 2012

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Billy Wilder, 1970) When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster. At sixty-two years old, Billy Wilder directed some of the...   read more