Author Ron Haydock, in his volume Deerstalker: Holmes and Watson on screen, is succinct in describing the first appearance of Arthur Conon Doyle's Sherlock Holmes on screen, "Directed by Arthur Marvin, Edison's Sherlock Holmes film was shot with only one set, and one strait-on full shot cameraangle and can be viewed time and again without boredom. It's fast, entertaining and over before you would like it to be." Sherlock Holmes in Elsinore, Mystery in Danish Silent Film Silent Film Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes i Bondefangelor