The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

Šī filma (filiāli saite) bija pirmā Šerloka Holmsa filma ar Bazilu Retbonu Holmsa lomā. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) par Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-zvaigznes kā Dr. John Watson. Rathbone un Bruce varētu spēlēt Holmes un Watson trīspadsmit turpmākajās filmās, vēl viens Twentieth-Century Fox un divpadsmit 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. Saskaņā ar interneta Movie Database, 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. Jau gadiem, he was part of the cricket club that also included Boris Karloff that introduced the sport to Hollywood.