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  • A Society Sherlock (1916)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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A Society Sherlock (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy
Vera Van Zandt, a society girl, gives a week-end party. Freddy De Peyster, one of the guests, musters sufficient energy to propose to Vera, who tells him that the man she marries must be a hero. Freddy gets hold of a volume of Sherlock ...See moreVera Van Zandt, a society girl, gives a week-end party. Freddy De Peyster, one of the guests, musters sufficient energy to propose to Vera, who tells him that the man she marries must be a hero. Freddy gets hold of a volume of Sherlock Holmes, which he eagerly devours. The next day Vera receives a valuable necklace from her father as a birthday gift. On leaving the parlor that evening, Vera forgets to take her necklace with her. Lenora, one of the guests, suggests that they hide it so that she won't be so careless with diamonds. It is hidden in a vase on the center table. The loss is discovered and Vera's father informs the police. The police learn of the young man with the monocle, and Freddy, who is sleeping upstairs and who is under suspicion of being the culprit, is rudely awakened from his slumbers and rushed down into the parlor in scant attire. The police jostle him against the center of the table, causing the vase to fall. Freddy adjusts his monocle and there amidst the debris of shattered glass glisten the elusive diamonds. Thus Freddy has proved himself a veritable Sherlock, and in the final scene we see Vera crowning her hero with the necklace. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
William Garwood
Writers
Norbert Lusk (scenario) | Paul West (story)
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Updated Aug 1, 1916
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Aug 1, 1916 (United States)

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William Garwood
Freddy De Peyster Freddy De Peyster   See fewer
Ruy Blas (1914)
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Irma Dawkins
Vera Van Zandt Vera Van Zandt   See fewer
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