minute length, and  newspaper and magazine articles commented on the fact that the line  "Oh, Watson, the needle!", referring to Holmes cocaine habit (and  usually misquoted as "Quick, Watson, the needle!") was put back in  after having been cut by the censors. As an added attraction, the  studio added a rare sound film featurette which showed Sir  Arthur Conan Doyle (qv), author of the Sherlock Holmes books,  talking about his creation.