The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

Mae hyn yn ffilm (cyswllt Affiliate) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) ar gyfer yr Ugeinfed Ganrif Fox. Cyd-sêr Nigel Bruce fel Dr. John Watson. Byddai Rathbone a Bruce chwarae Holmes a Watson mewn tri ar ddeg o ffilmiau dilynol, un yn fwy ar gyfer yr Ugeinfed Ganrif Fox a deuddeg ar gyfer Universal Pictures.

This film is a pretty accurate retelling of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story. It has good performances by recognizable stars such as Wendy Barrie, Lionel Atwill and John Carradine.

Nigel Bruce plays Watson as a bumbling character, which is one of the reasons I like but don’t love the series. Yn ôl y Gronfa Ddata Movie Rhyngrwyd, Bruce was typecast early on as a the bumbling English aristocrat. Bruce worked for a stockbroker before serving in World War I. He was injured and wheel chair bound but made a full recovery. Ar gyfer blynyddoedd, he was part of the cricket club that also included Boris Karloff that introduced the sport to Hollywood.