Joe May was an Austrian film director and film producer and one of the pioneers of German cinema.
Die geheimnisvolle Villa is a 1914 silent German detective film directed by Joe May and starring Ernst Reicher. It is the first in the series starring the fictional gentleman detective Stuart Webbs, modelled on Sherlock Holmes. It also features Werner Krauss.
Ernst Reicher was a German-Jewish actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director of the silent era.
Joe Deebs was a fictional detective who appeared in a series of German films and serials during the silent era. Along with Stuart Webbs and a number of other fictional cinema detective characters with Anglo-Saxon names, he was modeled on Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. In 2009, Ken Wlaschin wrote that "Joe Deebs was one of the most famous screen detectives of the German silent cinema, the suave crime-solving star of at least thirty films."
Stuart Webbs was a fictional detective who appeared in a series of German films and serials during the silent era. Webbs was one of a number of detectives with English-sounding names to appear in German cinema of the era. Like his contemporaries such as Joe Deebs he was modeled on Sherlock Holmes. Webbs was the most popular of the group. His original film series ran from 1914 to 1926 and he continued to appear in other later films such as The Green Monocle (1929).
The Shot in the Pavilion is a 1925 German silent mystery film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher, Margarete Schlegel and Helena Makowska. It features the popular detective character Stuart Webbs who appeared in a number of silent films.
The Armoured Vault is a 1926 German silent thriller film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Ernst Reicher, Johannes Riemann, and Mary Nolan. It was part of a popular series featuring the detective character Stuart Webbs, and a remake of an earlier film The Armoured Vault directed by Joe May in 1914.
The Big Boss is a 1921 German silent crime film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher as the detective Stuart Webbs.
George Bully is a 1920 German silent mystery film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher as the detective Stuart Webbs, who was modeled on Sherlock Holmes.
The Leap in the Dark is a 1920 German silent mystery film directed by and starring Ernst Reicher as the detective character Stuart Webbs, part of a long-running series of silent films.
The Pearls of Doctor Talmadge is a 1925 German silent mystery film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher and Alexandra Sorina. It was one of a series of films featuring the detective Stuart Webbs.
The Grey Magpie is a 1920 German silent mystery film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher as the detective Stuart Webbs, part of a long-running series featuring the character.
The Malay Junk is a 1924 German silent crime film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher and Alexandra Sorina. It features the fictional detective Stuart Webbs, who was popular during the silent era. It was made at the Emelka Studios in Munich.
The Secret of One Hour is a 1926 German silent crime film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher, Helena Makowska and Hilde Horst. It is part of the series of films portraying the detective character Stuart Webbs.
The Secret of Castle Elmshoh is a 1925 German silent crime film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher, Gertrud de Lalsky and Anton Walbrook. It was made at the Emelka Studios in Munich in part of a long-running series featuring the detective Stuart Webbs.
We'll Meet Again at Home is a 1926 German silent film directed by Leo Mittler and Reinhold Schünzel. It shares its name with a popular song title.
Trude is a 1926 German silent film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Olga Chekhova, Max Landa and Paul Morgan.
Camera Obscura is a 1921 German silent mystery film directed by Max Obal and starring Ernst Reicher, Alexander Granach, and Walter Dysing. It was part of the Stuart Webbs series of detective films.
The Ghost Hunt is a 1918 German silent crime film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Ernst Reicher, Esther Carena and Aruth Wartan. It is part of a long-running series of films featuring the detective Stuart Webbs.
The Armoured Vault is a 1914 German silent thriller film directed by Joe May and starring Ernst Reicher, Hermann Picha and Fritz Richard. It was part of the series of Stuart Webbs series, popular during the silent era. It was remade in 1926 with Reicher reprising his role.
