Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom is a 1905 American silent film directed by J. Stuart Blackton for Vitagraph Studios.
[4] Robert Pohle notes that "Deprived of his voice in those early silent films, Holmes was also transformed from an intellectual, armchair detective into a more kinetic action figure—almost a sort of cowboy-in-deerstalker.
"[5] Although sometimes considered a lost film, fragments are still extant in the Library of Congress paper print collection.
[4] The film was released on October 7, 1905, with H. Kyrle Bellew and J. Barney Sherry in unlisted roles.
[7] Klinger states that the first identification of Costello with the role was in Michael Pointer's Public Life of Sherlock Holmes published in 1975 but Pointer later realized his error and wrote to Klinger, stating: "I am now aware that Maurice Costello could not have been in that film, as he had not joined the Vitagraph company by that date.