The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)

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Sherlock Holmes film film mystery film

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) is a classic mystery movie adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story, widely known for starring Basil Rathbone in one of his most iconic portrayals of the famous detective.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherlock Holmes film ⓘ
film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
adaptationOf The Hound of the Baskervilles ⓘ
surface form: Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles
basedOn The Hound of the Baskervilles ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographer J. Peverell Marley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sidney Lanfield ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editor Robert L. Simpson ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
genre detective film ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
hasIMDbPage https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031448/ ⓘ
hasTheme family curse ⓘ
gothic horror elements ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1939_film) ⓘ
mainCharacter Dr. Watson ⓘ
surface form: Dr. John Watson

Holmes ⓘ
surface form: Sherlock Holmes

Sir Henry Baskerville ⓘ
musicBy David Buttolph ⓘ
narrativeFocus investigation of mysterious deaths on the Baskerville estate ⓘ
notableFor first Rathbone–Bruce Sherlock Holmes feature film ⓘ
iconic portrayal of Sherlock Holmes by Basil Rathbone ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes film series ⓘ
portrays Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
Nigel Bruce ⓘ
surface form: Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson
producer Darryl F. Zanuck ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseDate 1939-03-31 ⓘ
releaseYear 1939 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 80 ⓘ
screenwriter Ernest Pascal ⓘ
setIn Dartmoor National Park ⓘ
surface form: Dartmoor

England ⓘ
starring Basil Rathbone ⓘ
John Carradine ⓘ
Lionel Atwill ⓘ
Nigel Bruce ⓘ
Richard Greene ⓘ
Wendy Barrie ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting Victorian era ⓘ
title The Hound of the Baskervilles ⓘ

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Basil Rathbone → notableWork → The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) ⓘ
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 film) → follows → The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) ⓘ
Nigel Bruce → appearedIn → The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) ⓘ
Philip → notableWork → The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip St. John Basil Rathbone
Lionel Atwill → performedIn → The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) ⓘ