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A Study in Scarlet

Name: A Study in Scarlet
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Released: 1933
Duration: 71 min
Cast: Warburton Gamble, Wyndham Standing, Tempe Pigott, Halliwell Hobbes, Doris Lloyd

Directed by Edwin L. Marin → • Production: Independent Studio

A Study in Scarlet is a 1933 American pre-Code horror mystery thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes and Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke. The title is taken from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel of the same name, the first in the Holmes series, but the screenplay by Robert Florey was original.

Runtime

71 minutes

Aspect Ratio

928:717

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Classification

1929–1963 Unrenewed

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⚖️ Statutory Public Domain Clearance Provenance

First published in 1933. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works published between 1929 and 1963 required mandatory formal copyright registration renewal during their 28th year. Official United States Copyright Office Catalog of Copyright Entries records show zero renewal registration was filed, placing this work permanently in the Public Domain.