#1954 sherlock holmes/acd books

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Holmes tapping his fingers on things such as a book, his lip, his tummy, a piece of paper, a picture frame, his thigh, plus tapping his pipe on a map.

Holmes in the books by Arthur Conan Doyle also taps his fingers on things a lot:

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington plans: “He sat lost in thought, tapping his fingers on the table”... “ tapping the furniture”

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax: “his long, nervous fingers tapping upon the arms of his chair"

His last bow: “Holmes, tapping the valise”

The Adventure of the Empty House: “More than once he fidgeted with his feet and tapped rapidly with his fingers upon the wall”

A Study In Scarlet: “He gnawed his lip, drummed his fingers upon the table, and showed every other symptom of acute impatience”

The Problem of Thor Bridge: “in his nervous restlessness, he could not sit still, but paced the carriage or drummed with his long, sensitive fingers upon the cushions beside him”

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( » ) SACRLIGIUM . . .

a private multi-muse blog for characters & ocs primaliry from the JOHN WICK universe &. more. an in depth-study delving into some materials approached in HAGAKURE ( YAMAMOTO TSUNETOMO ) , GO RIN NO SHO - THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS ( MIYAMOTO MUSASHI ) , THE ART OF WAR ( SUN TZU ) , THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS ( CAMUS ), ACD'S BOGGLING WORKS ON SHERLOCK HOLMES ( man is rolling on his grave right now ), with the influences of the great akira kurosawa [ SANSHIRO SUGATA ( 1943 ) ; STRAY DOG ( 1949 ) ; SEVEN SAMURAI ( 1954 ) ; YOJIMBO ( 1961 ) ] , kan shimozawa's ZATOICHI ( 1962 ) , john woo's THE KILLER ( 1989 ) , john boorman's POINT BLANK ( 1967 ) ; LE SAMOURAÏ ( 1967 ) ; LE CERCLE ROUGE ( 1970 ) & many other crime-drama , action-thriller & neo-noir films as well as the HITMAN FRANCHISE & THE GHOST OF TSUSHIMA ( games ) .

muse list below .

SEATS AT THE TABLE .

the elder . the highest seat gianna d'antonio . the camorra seat anastasia novikova . the bratva seat ( oc ) salvatore d'angelo . the 'ndrangheta seat ( oc )

HIGH AUTHORITIES .

the adjudicator . NYC

ORGANISATIONS .

viggo tarasov . the bratva . NYC the director . the ruska . NYC + MINSK the bowery king . independent . the bowery . NYC

CONTINENTAL GROUNDS .

shimazu koji . manager of the OSAKA CONTINENTAL HOTEL shimazu akira . concierge of the OSAKA CONTINENTAL HOTEL sofia al-azwar . manager of the CASABLANCA CONTINENTAL HOTEL

EMPLOYEES .

cassian . gianna d'antonio's bodyguard . the camorra . ROME ares . santino d'antonio's bodyguard . the camorra . ROME sandra kovalevych . the odessa . TORONTO ( oc ) kirill drozdov . the bratva . the tarasovs . NYC the tracker / mr. nobody . freelance . UNKNOWN

OTHERS .

sakai jin . the ghost . TSUSHIMA james moriarty . professor . DUBLIN + LONDON punchline . unknown . GOTHAM CITY roman sionis . sionis industries . GOTHAM CITY mario falcone . falcone crime family . GOTHAM CITY johnny silverhand . rockerboy . samurai . NIGHT CITY takemura goro . bodyguard . arasaka corporation . TOKYO v . mercenary . freelance . UNKNOWN

#pinned .

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Watson is trying to ignore Holmes because he is angry with Holmes for shooting VR into the wall

It’s not even the first time Holmes has fired a gun inside the flat!

The Musgrave Ritual by Arthur Conan Doyle: “I have always held, too, that pistol practice should be distinctly an open-air pastime; and when Holmes, in one of his queer humors, would sit in an arm-chair with his hairtrigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V. R. done in bullet-pocks, I felt strongly that neither the atmosphere nor the appearance of our room was improved by it”

Watson soon forgives Holmes and agrees to have breakfast with him :)

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Holmes and Watson doing a chemical analysis together

Holmes in the books by Arthur Conan Doyle does a lot of chemistry experiments:

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches: “Holmes was settling down to one of those all-night chemical researches which he frequently indulged in, when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a test-tube at night and find him in the same position when I came down to breakfast in the morning.”

The Sign of the Four: “He would hardly reply to my questions, and busied himself all evening in an abstruse chemical analysis which involved much heating of retorts and distilling of vapours, ending at last in a smell which fairly drove me out of the apartment. Up to the small hours of the morning I could hear the clinking of his test-tubes which told me that he was still engaged in his malodorous experiment.”

A Case of Identity: “A formidable array of bottles and test-tubes, with the pungent cleanly smell of hydrochloric acid, told me that he had spent his day in the chemical work which was so dear to him.”

The Resident Patient: “while he was deep in some of those abstruse chemical investigations which absorbed him utterly as long as he was engaged upon them.”

The Adventure of the Dancing Men: “Holmes had been seated for some hours in silence with his long, thin back curved over a chemical vessel in which he was brewing a particularly malodorous product”

The Naval Treaty: “A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two litre measure. My friend hardly glanced up as I entered, and I, seeing that his investigation must be of importance, seated myself in an arm-chair and waited.”

I like that this Holmes and Watson do the analysis together :) I think it makes sense that Watson could help when it is a time-sensitive situation because he should know some chemistry from his medical studies, although most of the time Holmes does the experiments himself because it is his hobby

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Watson: "Come on!"

In the books by Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes says "Come, Watson" or "Come along, Watson" or "Come on" 21 times. In 1954 Holmes it is also usually Holmes telling Watson to come along, so it is nice that the roles are reversed sometimes

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A baby is left at 221B Baker Street. When there’s a knock on the door Holmes speculates that it might be the baby’s mother but it is Inspector Lestrade.

Watson, snarkily: ”Not the mother”

In this adaptation I think that Watson is the more sarcastic one, whereas in the Arthur Conan Doyle books Holmes can be very sarcastic (mainly about the incompetence of the police), eg:

A Study in Scarlet: “There was a world of sarcasm in his voice as he spoke.”

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The Adventure of the Resident Patient by Arthur Conan Doyle: “As our visitor concluded, Holmes sprang up without a word, handed me my hat, picked his own from the table, and followed Dr. Trevelyan to the door.”

Ronald Howard Holmes just goes straight to putting the hat on Watson’s head

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Holmes and Watson (and Inspector Lestrade) leaning on things. I caught a continuity error in the last GIF where Watson is perched against the table behind Lestrade but then he is leaning against the filing cabinet

In the Arthur Conan Doyle books Holmes leans back in his chair a lot but also leans against things sometimes:

The Adventure of the Second Stain: “He found Holmes leaning languidly against the mantelpiece”

The Adventure of the Naval Treaty: “leaning with his back against the shutters.”

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The Adventure of the Speckled Band: "There was a long silence, during which Holmes leaned his chin upon his hands and stared into the crackling fire"

The Yellow Face: "My companion sat silent for some time, with his chin upon his hand, lost in thought"

The Adventure of the Priory School: "Holmes sat down on a boulder and rested his chin in his hands. I had smoked two cigarettes before he moved"

Holmes in the books tends to think with his chin resting on his hand, but every adaptation has their own thinking poses

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Holmes checks the train time table to work out where their luggage might have ended up after they abandonded it to search for a boy who went missing from the train they were travelling on.

A nice consistent character detail in this adaptation is that Watson has all of the train times memorised, which is mentioned in The Pennsylvania Gun, The Mother Hubbard Case and The Night Train Riddle so far.

In the Arthur Conan Doyle books Watson is often tasked with looking up the train times:

The Adventure of the Retired Colourman: “Look up the trains, Watson.”

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches: “Just look up the trains in Bradshaw,” said he[Holmes], and turned back to his chemical studies.

The Adventure of the Dancing Men: “We have let this affair go far enough,” said he [Holmes]. “Is there a train to North Walsham to-night?” I turned up the time-table. The last had just gone.

In this adaptation Watson doesn’t need to look it up!

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Holmes cryptically says that the client’s husband is a ‘very interesting man’ rather than just tell them what he’s thinking. Watson and Inspector Lestrade just look at each other, so done with Holmes’ inability to “resist a touch of the dramatic” (The Naval Treaty)

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Holmes and Watson comfort their client

The Adventure of the Red Circle by Arthur Conan Doyle: “Holmes leaned forward and laid his long, thin fingers upon the woman’s shoulder. He had an almost hypnotic power of soothing when he wished.”

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“Come along, Watson”

Holmes says “Come along, Watson” in The Crooked Man and The Naval Treaty by Arthur Conan Doyle

Bonus reversed version:

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The Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle: Holmes “thumped vigorously upon the pavement with his stick two or three times”

1954 Holmes uses Watson’s cane because he didn’t bring one himself

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Holmes breaks in (yet again)

Holmes in the Arthur Conan Doyle books is also proficient at breaking and entering

In The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton Holmes proudly describes his tools to Watson before they break into the blackmailer’s house: “This is a first-class, up-to-date burgling kit, with nickel-plated jemmy, diamond-tipped glass-cutter, adaptable keys, and every modern improvement which the march of civilization demands”

Holmes even brags to police inspector about how good he is at burglary in The Adventure of the Retired Colourman: “There being no fear of interruption I proceeded to burgle the house. Burglary has always been an alternative profession had I cared to adopt it, and I have little doubt that I should have come to the front.”

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Holmes pours tea for Watson, Watson pours tea for Holmes

I couldn’t find any reference to Holmes pouring tea for Watson in the ACD books, only pouring tea for himself: Holmes “helped himself to a cup of tea.” in The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet. But I like to think he would sometimes pour tea for Watson like 1954 Holmes does when Watson needs cheering up.

Watson pours tea for Holmes in The Sign of the Four: “There is no great mystery in this matter,” he [Holmes] said, taking the cup of tea which I [Watson] had poured out for him. “The facts appear to admit of only one explanation.”

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