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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Invitation to Learning (Sun. 11:35 a.m., CBS). Columbia Professor Gilbert Highet and Adrian Conan Doyle discussing The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Jul. 28, 1952 | 7/28/1952 | See Source »

When they feel like it, the British do a remarkable job of making fun of themselves. And, of course, they have a lot to work with. In Green is for Danger, a re-release, Alastair Sim does more damage to Scotland Yard than did scores of Sherlock Holmes stories...

Author: By Michael Maccosy, | Title: Green Is For Danger | 5/21/1952 | See Source »

...London, Mrs. Adrian Conan Doyle, daughter-in-law of the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, announced a new dollar-earning scheme. She will bring the Baker Street room of Sherlock Holmes, assembled for exhibition at the Festival of Britain, on a tour of the U.S. next spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 3, 1951 | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

...brother of the head of Monogram Pictures) makes Wild Bill Hickok films for TV, and turns out a 30-minute religious show with such titles as Sister Martha Bets 'Em Big. Bing Crosby Enterprises hopes to captivate televiewers with a new series featuring a cast of chimpanzees enacting Sherlock Holmes thrillers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Hollywood Is Humming | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

Reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes, who once nabbed a murderer with the victim's ear as his only clue, the department substitutes microscopes and test tubes for guns and tear gas to do its work. In over 500 cases a year, it proves that science is smarter than the most diabolical murderer...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: Department of Legal Medicine Uses Dandruff, Pieces of Skin and Old Bones to Catch Killers | 10/10/1951 | See Source »

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