The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932 film)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1932 British
mystery film
directed by Gareth Gundrey
and starring John Stuart
, Robert Rendel
and Frederick Lloyd
. It is based on the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
. Sherlock Holmes
is called in to investigate a suspicious death on Dartmoor
. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures
. The novelist Edgar Wallace
worked as a screenwriter.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
mystery film
Mystery film
Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The...
directed by Gareth Gundrey
Gareth Gundrey
Gareth Gundrey was a British producer, screenwriter and film director.-Selected filmography:Director* Just for a Song * Symphony in Two Flats * The Stronger Sex * The Hound of the Baskervilles...
and starring John Stuart
John Stuart (actor)
John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....
, Robert Rendel
Robert Rendel
-Selected filmography:* Her Night of Romance * The Hound of the Baskervilles * Borrow a Million * The Price of Wisdom * Fire Over England * The Dark Stairway * The Lion Has Wings...
and Frederick Lloyd
Frederick Lloyd
Frederick Lloyd was a British film actor. He appeared as Doctor Watson in the 1932 film The Hound of the Baskervilles.Lloyd was married to actress Auriol Lee from 1911 to 1922...
. It is based on the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an...
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...
. Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...
is called in to investigate a suspicious death on Dartmoor
Dartmoor
Dartmoor is an area of moorland in south Devon, England. Protected by National Park status, it covers .The granite upland dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history. The moorland is capped with many exposed granite hilltops known as tors, providing habitats for Dartmoor wildlife. The...
. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, London. Gainsborough Studios were active between 1924 and 1951. Built as a power station for the Great Northern & City Railway it...
. The novelist Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals....
worked as a screenwriter.
Cast
- John StuartJohn Stuart (actor)John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....
- Sir Henry Baskerville - Robert RendelRobert Rendel-Selected filmography:* Her Night of Romance * The Hound of the Baskervilles * Borrow a Million * The Price of Wisdom * Fire Over England * The Dark Stairway * The Lion Has Wings...
- Sherlock Holmes - Frederick LloydFrederick LloydFrederick Lloyd was a British film actor. He appeared as Doctor Watson in the 1932 film The Hound of the Baskervilles.Lloyd was married to actress Auriol Lee from 1911 to 1922...
- Dr. Watson - Heather AngelHeather Angel (actress)Heather Grace Angel was an English actress.-Life and career:Born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, she was brought up on a farm near Banbury....
- Beryl Stapleton - Reginald BachReginald Bach-Selected filmography:* The Chinese Puzzle * The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss * Empress Josephine; Or, Wife of a Demigod * A Romance of Mayfair * The Girl in the Night * Hobson's Choice...
- Stapleton - Wilfred ShineWilfred Shine-Selected filmography:* The Burgomaster of Stilemonde * The Lady from the Sea * Under the Greenwood Tree * The Loves of Robert Burns * The Bells * The Hound of the Baskervilles...
- Dr. Mortimer - Sam LiveseySam LiveseySam Livesey was a British film actor. He was the father of the actor Roger Livesey.-Selected filmography:* The Forger * Blackmail silent version only* Raise the Roof * Up for the Cup...
- Sir Hugo Baskerville - Henry HallettHenry Hallett-Selected filmography:* Foul Play * The Ringer * The Hound of the Baskervilles * Victoria the Great * Sixty Glorious Years * Let's Be Famous * Salute John Citizen...
- Barrymore - Sybil Jane - Mrs. Barrymore
- Elizabeth Vaughan - Mrs. Laura Lyons