The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
31 Mar 1939 ● English ● 1 hr 20 mins
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie
Crew: Sidney Lanfield (Director), J Peverell Marley (Director of Photography), David Buttolph (Music Director)
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Dates: 31 Mar 1939 (India)
Did you know? This film was such a hit that Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce were hired to play Holmes and Watson on the radio series "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." Read More
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Colour Info:
Black & White
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Trivia:
This is the first of 14 films based on Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.
This film was such a hit that Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce were hired to play Holmes and Watson on the radio series "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."
After being out of circulation for many years, this film was restored and re-released to theaters in 1975 with great fanfare.
In the original novel, and in all later film versions, the butler's name is Barrymore. In this version, the butler was renamed Barryman since the famous Barrymore family - Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore - were still acting in films at the time.
This film was such a hit that Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce were hired to play Holmes and Watson on the radio series "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."
After being out of circulation for many years, this film was restored and re-released to theaters in 1975 with great fanfare.
In the original novel, and in all later film versions, the butler's name is Barrymore. In this version, the butler was renamed Barryman since the famous Barrymore family - Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore - were still acting in films at the time.
