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Acting in behalf of the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British author of the Sherlock Holmes series, Berman sued four Soviet state publishing houses and the Ministry of Culture for two million rubles from their profits in publishing Doyle's works, chiefly the Holmes stories...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soviets Sued for Sabotaging Sherlock | 10/17/1958 | See Source »

Elementary. In Richmond, Va., Sherlock Holmes reported the theft of his automobile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 14, 1958 | 7/14/1958 | See Source »

...reading of Molly Bloom's sensuous soliloquy from James Joyce's Ulysses lacks both the virago drive and the Lilith languors of that Protean whore; Dame Peggy Ashcroft sounds too much the maidenly elocutionist for the passionate verses in her assorted Poetry Readings (London). London's Sherlock Holmes disk goes to the other extreme as three mighty hams-Sir John Gielgud, Sir Ralph Richardson. Orson Welles-rant and thunder through Dr. Watson Meets Sherlock Holmes and The Final Problem, in a tatter-tearing passion that would never have been tolerated at 221B Baker Street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Spoken Word | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

...second chapter of the famed Baker Street Irregulars held a quiet meeting at the Signet Society. The group, consisting mostly of professors, doctors, mystery writers and lawyers is named the Speckled Band, from one of Conan Doyle's stories. It meets annually to honor the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes...

Author: By Walter E. Wilson, | Title: 'Speckled Band' Meets at Signet To Honor Sherlock Holmes' Work | 4/27/1957 | See Source »

Odyssey (Sun. 4 p.m., CBS). "The Baker Street Irregulars" celebrate Sherlock Holmes's birthday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Feb. 4, 1957 | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

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