The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

הסרט הזה (affiliate link) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) למאה העשרים פוקס. שיתוף כוכבי נייג'ל ברוס כד"ר. ג'ון ווטסון. ראת'בון וברוס היה לשחק הולמס ווטסון בשלושה עשרה סרטים הבאים, אחד יותר למאה העשרים פוקס ושנתי עשרה ליוניוורסל.

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. על פי מסד נתונים סרט באינטרנט, 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. במשך שנים, he was part of the cricket club that also included Boris Karloff that introduced the sport to Hollywood.