Sherlock Holmes - Ep. 06 - The Case Of The Shy Ballerina - 1954 [English]
Channel: Old Serials Collection
Date: 2018-08-01

Dr Watson's hat is found at the scene of a murder, leading Lestrade to suspect him of having killed a diplomat lately returned from Saint Petersburg. A Russian ballet dancer and a composer are also suspects, but Holmes unmasks the real murderer.

Natalie Schafer, known for her later TV role as Mrs. Howell in Gilligan's Island, plays the late diplomat's wife.

Playlist:
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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpagE74pQ4IUxpDVVT3fCeO8Dyyb58xCP

Availability:
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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series: https://amzn.to/2uXcEWM

Details:
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Title: The Case Of The Shy Ballerina
Episode: 06
Runing time: 26min 03sec
Directed by: Sheldon Reynolds 
Written by: Charles Early, Sheldon Reynolds
Original air date: 22 November 1954
Preceded by: The Case of the Belligerent Ghost
Followed by: The Case of the Winthrop Legend

Based on: Characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Directed by: Sheldon Reynolds, Steve Previn, Jack Gage
Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion Crawford, Archie Duncan
Producer: Sheldon Reynolds, Nicole Milinaire (associate producer)
Cinematography: Raymond Clunie
Editors: George Gale, Françoise Javet
Production company: Guild Films
Distributor: Alpha Video Distributors, Madacy Entertainment, Motion Pictures for Television, Reel Media International, Timeless Video
Composer: Paul Durand
Original network: First-run syndication
Original release: October 18, 1954 – October 17, 1955
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
No. of seasons: 1
No. of episodes: 39 Episode


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- The series was voted Best New Mystery in the non-network film series division in Billboard's 3rd Annual TV Film Program and Talent Awards, based on an "all-industry vote"
- Most of the show's 39 episodes are non-Canonical original adventures, but a few are directly based on Arthur Conan Doyle's stories:
- Reynolds also produced a second Sherlock Holmes TV series, entitled Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979–1980). Many of the 1954 TV episodes were remade in the second series.


More:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1954_TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Howard_(British_actor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Reynolds_(producer)



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