The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

Этот фильм (партнерская ссылка) был первым фильмом о Шерлоке Холмсе с Бэзилом Рэтбоуном в роли Холмса.. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) для двадцатом Century Fox. Найджел Брюс со-звезд, как Dr. Джон Уотсон. Рэтбоун и Брюс будет играть Холмса и Ватсона в тринадцати последующих фильмах, еще один для двадцатого Century Fox и двенадцать для 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. Согласно Базе данных Кино, 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. В течение многих лет, he was part of the cricket club that also included Boris Karloff that introduced the sport to Hollywood.