The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

דאס פילם (affiliate link) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) פֿאַר טווענטיעטה-יאָרהונדערט פאָקס. ניגעל ברוס גלויבנס-שטערן ווי דר. יוחנן וואַצאָן. ראַטבאָון און ברוס וואָלט שפּיל האָלמעס און וואַצאָן אין דרייַצן סאַבסאַקוואַנט פילמס, איינער מער פֿאַר טווענטיעטה-יאָרהונדערט פאָקס און צוועלף פֿאַר וניווערסאַל פּיקטורעס.

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. לויט צו די אינטערנעט פֿילם דאַטאַבאַסע, 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. פֿאַר יאָרן, he was part of the cricket club that also included Boris Karloff that introduced the sport to Hollywood.