The hound of the baskervilles 1939 is a haunting film which gets the american sherlock holmes franchise off to a. To enjoy prime music, go to your music library and transfer your account to us. Sherlock holmes and dr watson investigate the legend of a. With basil rathbone, nigel bruce, richard greene, wendy barrie. It is an adaptation of sir arthur conan doyles novel the hound of the baskervilles 19011902, the third of his novels featuring sherlock holmes and dr. The most celebrated tale of sir arthur conan doyles canon, the hound of the baskervilles is set in the victorian age and was originally released by twentieth centuryfox in 1939. The hound of the baskervilles sherlock holmes and dr watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a. A family legend states that a demonic hound kills all baskerville men because of something one of their ancestors did. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Basil rathbone as sherlock holmes and nigel bruce as dr. Sherlock holmes dual language reader english german. Happy 75th birthday favorite 1939 film 30s film you are most embarrassed. The film is credited as an adaptation of conan doyles short story the adventure of the dancing men, though the only element from the source material is the dancing men code. Sherlock holmes e il mastino di baskerville wikipedia. Sherlock holmes and the baskerville curse wikipedia. No version of the hound of the baskervilles would be complete without holmes and watson pursuing stapleton and his hound on the moor.
Sherlock holmes and dr watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound. Watson look into reports that a huge, vicious hound has killed lord charles baskerville and that lord henry baskerville is the next to be killed. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and. The hound of the baskervilles is a 1939 mystery film based on the novel the hound of the. Ive watched many different people play sherlock holmes, but basil rathbone was the best of all of them. The studio stopped making the films after these, but universal studios acquired the. This is the best directed version of the hound of the baskervilles, but to be honest no great directors have tackled the story. According to the website, the film was considered lost, but has been rediscovered. Sherlock holmes and the secret weapon 1942 is the fourth in the basil rathbonenigel bruce series of 14 sherlock holmes films which updated the characters created by sir arthur conan doyle to the then present day. One of two sherlock films made by 20th century fox in 1939 before the series found its home at universal, with holmes updated to the present day. The format didnt really suit the holmes stories, which heavily rely. Sherlock holmes and the baskerville curse is a 1983 australian animated television film directed by eddie graham.