Studies in Starrett

Studies in Starrett

An exploration of the works of Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett

(October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974)

Curated by Ray Betzner
Original content owned and copyrighted by Ray Betzner

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Afterthoughts and acknowledgments

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

221B Part 11.

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Basil Rathbone, University of Minnesota, Julie McKuras, Timothy Johnson, Steven Rothman, Steve Rothman, Mark Gagen, Jon L. Lellenberg, "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon", Edward R. Murrow, Les Klinger, Susan Dahlinger, Susan Rice, Don Yates, Amand J. Field, The Wartime films of Sherlock Holmes, England's Secret Weapon
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What is it we love about '221B'?

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 10, the final part (almost)

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, 221B, Basil Rathbone, Billy Wilder, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, John Bennett Shaw Memorial Library Fund, Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Graceland Cemetery
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"This poem by my good friend Vincent Starrett"

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 8

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Profile by Gaslight, Edgar W. Smith, Basil Rathbone, Vincent Starrett, 221B, The Baker Street Journal, In and Out of Character, Autolycus in Limbo, Christopher Morley, Sonnet on Baker Street
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“Some of the most dramatic months… of contemporary history”

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 3

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Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, 221B, Baker Street, Vincent Starrett, The Blitz, Edward R. Murrow, Archibald MacLeish, 221B: Studies in Sherlock Holmes.
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Wilder, Hardwick and an order of Thai

February 22, 2019 by Ray Betzner

This is not OUR Private Life

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February 22, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Billy Wilder, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Michael Hardwick, Molly Hardwick, Chris Steinbrunner, Norman Michaels, Christopher Lee, Late, Late Later and Possibly Last, Autolycus Press, Sherlock Holmes One More Time, Michael Murphy, The Private Life of Dr. Watson MD, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Gene Markey, Basil Rathbone, 221B, E.P. Dutton, Sarah Bernhardt
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TPLOSH: This Time, it’s Personal

December 07, 2018 by Ray Betzner

My first copy.

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December 07, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Michael Murphy, Pinnacle, Baker Street Irregulars, Julian Wolff, Carl Sandburg, Ben Hecht, Will Oursler, Adrian Conan Doyle, William Gillette, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, The Sherlock Holmes Pub, Sidney Paget, Luther Norris, Pontine Press, The Sacred Writings
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Revised and Enlarged

November 09, 2018 by Ray Betzner

A Classic is Reborn

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November 09, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Unique Hamlet, 221-B, Alexander Woollcott, Gray Chandler Briggs, Christopher Morley, Peter Cushing, Andre Morrell, Ronald Howard, Adrian Conan Doyle, The Golden Book, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Press, William Gillette, Basil Rathbone, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frederic Dorr Steele, H.W. Bell, Elmer Davis, Morley, The Singular Adventures of Martha Hudson, Catherine Cooke, The Baker Street Journal, Edgar W. Smith, Baker Street Studies, Profile by Gaslight, Bookman's Holiday, John Bennett Shaw, Baker Street Irregulars
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The story of his life

May 25, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Where are the missing pages of Starrett’s autobiography?

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May 25, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Born in a Bookshop, Vincent Starrett, Fanny Butcher, Basil Rathbone, Ben Hecht, H.L. Mencken, The Chicago Tribune, University of Oklahoma Press, Chapters from the Chicago Renasennce, Everland magazine, Poetry magazine, Collier's, Nicholas Utechin, Susan Dahlinger, Glen Miranker, Nick Utechin

With ears attuned…

February 11, 2014 by Ray Betzner

A quick post celebrating the all-Starrett episode of the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere podcast, with a guest appearance by Basil Rathbone.

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February 11, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, 221B, Basil Rathbone, Susan Rice, Burt Wolder, Scott Monty, I Heard of Sherlock Everywhere
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'The Last Bookman' at 82

January 14, 2014 by Ray Betzner

The Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine celebrated its most famous book reviewer with a feature story in 1969.

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January 14, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Last Bookman, The Chicago Tribune, Basil Rathbone, T.S. Eliot
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