"In 1912 the French company Eclair produced a series of eight Holmes adventures, supposedly (but dubiously) produced in consultation with Doyle himself. The results were fairly prosaic, but acceptable for the period, and good enough to be released in the States by Universal. Since The Copper Beeches makes so few demands on Holmes' powers, it is odd that it has been remade so many times, including recently for a British TV series." William K. Everson