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A Black Sherlock Holmes
(1918) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by R.W. Phillips

Cast: Sam Robinson [Knick Carter, private detective], George Lewis [I Wanta Sneeze, the inventor], Rudolph Tatum [Rheuma Tism, Carter’s assistant], [?] Yvonne Junior or Evan Junior? [Cheza Sneeze, a doting daughter], Samuel ‘Sambo’ Jacks [Sam, a crook], Will Starks, Julia Mason, Bert Murphy, Evon Skekeeter, Mildred Price, Walter Brogsdale, Robert Duree, Frank Pollard, [?] Noble Johnson?

Ebony Film Corporation production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by J. Luther Pollard. / Released 15 April 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 September 2018.

References: Pohle-Holmes p. 68 : ClasIm-298 p. 26 : Website-IMDb.

 
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