The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

1969

I’m going to be saying this a lot over the next week or two as I review a handful of singular works: this is fascinating simply because of what it is.

I’m catching up on some Billy Wilder films. You know him: Sunset Blvd, The Seven Year Itch, The Lost Weekend—all amazing movies. (Also—ptooey—Some Like It Hot.) But who would ever dream that his Big One, h…