The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

Αυτή η ταινία (affiliate link) ήταν η πρώτη ταινία του Σέρλοκ Χολμς με πρωταγωνιστή τον Μπάζιλ Ράθμπον ως Χολμς. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) για την Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce συν-αστέρια όπως ο Δρ. John Watson. Rathbone και ο Bruce θα παίξει Σέρλοκ Χολμς και σε δεκατρείς επόμενες ταινίες, ένα ακόμη για την Twentieth-Century Fox και δώδεκα για την 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. Σύμφωνα με τη βάση δεδομένων κινηματογράφων Διαδικτύου, 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. Για χρόνια, he was part of the cricket club that also included Boris Karloff that introduced the sport to Hollywood.