This Day in History: On October 20, 1930, William Gillette, the great theatre actor famous for playing Sherlock Holmes on stage, performed the first radio-version of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band. It was based on the original theater version by Conan Doyle, re-adapted by Edith Meiser, and was the first time Holmes was portrayed on radio as part of a continuing series. It was transmitted by WEAF-NBC (New York) and sponsored by G. Washington Coffee Co.. This show became the pilot of a series and, after Gillette, Richard Gordon took over the part for the remaining 34 programs in the series. Alas, the program is believed to be lost...
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 02:25:53 +0000