Art in the Outdoors Boulder Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes investigates the haunting of an isolated British estate by a murderous canine.
Film Details
Genre
Suspense/Mystery
Adaptation
Thriller
Release Appointment
Jun 1959
Premiere Information
London opening: 28 Mar 1959
Product Company
Hammer Film Productions, Ltd.
Distribution Visitor
United Artists Corp.
Land
United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and United States
Location
Windsor, England, Nifty United kingdom
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (London, 1902).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 24m
Audio
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Color
Colour (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
ane.66 : one
Synopsis
In plough-of-the-century England, Dr. Mortimer visits well-known detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson to relate the story of the curse of the Baskervilles: In the late 18th century, Sir Hugo Baskerville, reputed for his cruelty and arrogance, tracks a local farm girl to the nearby abbey ruins where he assaults her and stabs her to death only to be attacked and killed by a mysterious, huge domestic dog moments later. In the present, Mortimer explains that Sir Charles Baskerville has just died a few days earlier, his body constitute in the same abbey ruins where Hugo met his demise. Upon learning specific details of the death, Holmes concludes that Charles died of fright, just agrees to meet his nephew, Sir Henry, the final of the Baskervilles, who is arriving from South Africa to have over Baskerville Hall in Dartmoor. The post-obit twenty-four hour period, Holmes and Watson meet Mortimer and Henry at a hotel where Henry dismisses Mortimer's fright of a curse on the family and reveals that he will be inheriting a million pounds from Charles's death. Holmes declares that he is unable to accompany Henry to Dartmoor, but asks Watson to provide an escort. Still skeptical, Henry complains nearly his missing boot, only to be terrified when a large tarantula crawls out of his remaining boot and up his arm earlier Holmes hits it away and kills it. Holmes suggests that the spider was placed there intentionally and advises Henry to be cautious. Mortimer and Watson accompany Henry on his journey to Baskerville Hall and when Mortimer departs to walk into the hamlet, Perkins, the coach driver, warns him that a dangerous convict, Seldon, has escaped from a nearby prison house and is reported to be hiding on the moors. At Baskerville Hall, Henry and Watson come across Mr. and Mrs. Barrymore, the hall's butler and cook. That night, Watson is awakened past the sound of a woman weeping from a room at the top of the house and is startled when he conspicuously hears a distant howl of a dog. The side by side morning, Henry is welcomed to the area by kindly but bumbling Bishop Franklin who as well informs Henry of the coming village "jumble" sale over which he must preside. Meanwhile, Watson walks into the village and on his return nearly steps into a hunting trap, just is warned in time past a farmer, Stapleton. In explaining his use of traps instead of a gun, Stapleton shows Watson his webbed and crippled hand, then alerts him to the unsafe mires in the area. A little later, Watson comes beyond a immature woman sitting on a boulder. Refusing to answer the medico's query, the girl flees and when Watson follows, he falls into a bog, where he is rescued by Stapleton. The girl, Stapleton'southward girl Cecile, joins the men on the cart ride back to the hall and she apologizes to Watson, challenge she thought he might exist the escaped convict. At the hall, Henry is captivated past Cecile'south rough charm. That night, Henry is awakened past the audio of a woman weeping and, together with Watson, examines the spare room, which they find empty. Watson then spots a light across the moor and the men race outside after it. Every bit they notice a solitary lantern on a hill nearly the ruins, Henry is startled by the appearance of a strange figure and collapses. Although Watson sees a caped figure standing in the ruins, he ignores information technology to help Henry back to the hall. Before returning to the ruins, Watson summons Mortimer and makes him promise to remain with Henry. Hurrying back to the abbey, Watson is surprised to find that the caped man is Holmes, who explains that he has been there investigating privately since the day they arrived. Holmes admits the strange effigy was indeed the escapee, Seldon, with whom he spoke at length. The men'south discussion is interrupted by the distant howling of a dog. Hurrying to the tiptop of the loma, Holmes notes that Mortimer'southward cart is no longer at the hall and as they hasten out across the moor, they hear a homo screaming. Following the sound, the men detect a mauled trunk whose tweed clothes match those of Henry. Returning to the hall, Holmes is taken aback to find Henry alive and deduces that Seldon was the victim of the assault. The next morning time, Holmes, Barrymore and Watson render to the moor, but are unable to notice Seldon's torso until they are led past bloodstains to the abbey, where they find the horribly mutilated body and a large knife. Later, Holmes interviews the Barrymores and tricks Mrs. Barrymore into admitting she is Seldon'southward sister. Mrs. Barrymore acknowledges giving Seldon dress that Henry had donated for the jumble sale, and hanging a lantern near the abbey as a signal when it was safety to bring Seldon food. Holmes and then calls upon the bishop, who he has learned is an expert entomologist and collector of spiders, and discovers his recent loss of a rare tarantula just later existence visited past Mortimer and a man named Smith. Interested in seeing Cecile again, Henry visits her at her farm where she describes the bang-up difficulties she and her male parent accept had running the subcontract. Henry asks her to meet him that evening on the moor and she agrees. Meanwhile, Holmes tells Watson that Seldon mentioned hearing the howling of a domestic dog from underneath the ground. Examining a map, Holmes learns of an abased silverish mine located under the Stapleton property and, accompanied by Stapleton, Perkins and Mortimer, visits the mine. While Holmes is deep inside the mine, a delinquent manus cart breaks loose and crashes into several beams, causing a cave-in. The others dig furiously simply are unable to become back into the mine. Moments later, still, they observe Holmes waiting for them at the cart, having escaped through ane of the mine'southward many tunnels. At the hall, Holmes shows Watson a large os he discovered in the mines, then grows anxious upon discovering that the pocketknife from the ruins has been stolen from his room. Henry informs Holmes and Watson of a dinner invitation from the Stapletons, but Holmes refuses, sending Henry off lonely, to Watson's bewilderment. When Watson asks Holmes about a missing portrait of Hugo that hung in the stairway, the detective reveals that Barrymore told him that the portrait revealed that Hugo had a webbed and plain-featured hand, like Stapleton, confirming Holmes's suspicion that Stapleton is a Baskerville descendent responsible for the mysterious deaths in an attempt to gain the Baskerville inheritance. Explaining that Henry is being lured into a trap that evening, Holmes takes Watson to the moor where Henry has met Cecile. To Henry's surprise, Cecile rejects his dotty advances and reveals that she and her begetter are also Baskervilles who have been denied their rightful inheritance. At that moment there is a howl and a huge canis familiaris leaps from the ruins onto Henry, who manages to knock the creature out. Stapleton then appears and threatens Henry with the pocketknife, but is shot by Watson, who has arrived with Holmes. Watson shoots the reviving dog equally Cecile struggles for the pocketknife, but Holmes intervenes, sending the girl racing beyond the moor and into the mire. Holmes then tells the shaken Henry that in the mine he discovered a passageway to the abbey ruins and institute a bone and Henry'south lost boot, provided to incite the starved dog, who was held past the Stapletons until needed for an attack. With the "curse" officially lifted from the Baskervilles, Holmes and Watson return to London.
Crew
Videos
Moving picture Details
Genre
Suspense/Mystery
Adaptation
Thriller
Release Date
Jun 1959
Premiere Information
London opening: 28 Mar 1959
Production Visitor
Hammer Film Productions, Ltd.
Distribution Company
United Artists Corp.
Country
Great United kingdom and United States
Location
Windsor, England, Smashing Britain
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (London, 1902).
Technical Specs
Elapsing
1h 24m
Sound
Mono (RCA Audio System)
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Attribute Ratio
i.66 : one
Manufactures
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Nearly 13 years later on Basil Rathbone had filmed his terminal screen appearance as Sherlock Holmes, Hammer Studios decided to resurrect Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's internationally famous detective in a color remake of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) which had been previously filmed with Rathbone in 1939. The eerie tale, which opens in a flashback sequence to an before time, depicts the origins of the Baskerville expletive: the decadent Sir Hugo Baskerville brutally murders a servant girl who flees a group orgy at his mansion. Immediately post-obit her death, even so, Baskerville hears a strange braying on the moors before encountering an immense spectral hound which avenges the girl's decease. We and then flash forward to the present, where Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson, are investigating the mysterious recent death of Sir Charles Baskerville.
At the fourth dimension of product, Hammer, a small British motion-picture show studio, was at the acme of its success, enjoying huge profits from 2 trend-setting horror films, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Horror of Dracula (1958). Peter Cushing gave definitive performances in both of those period thrillers and producer Anthony Hinds and director Terence Fisher knew he would make a slap-up Sherlock Holmes. The annunciation of his casting generated a not bad deal of excitement about the project in the British press and Cushing was shortly joined past Andre Morell as Dr. Watson and Christopher Lee equally Sir Henry Baskerville, the unfortunate heir to a dreadful curse. Lee was broken-hearted to escape his villainous typecasting (he played Frankenstein's monster and Dracula in the previously mentioned Hammer horrors) and relished the opportunity to play the victim for a change.
Cushing heavily researched his role prior to creating Holmes' character and took care to incorporate the sleuth's well-known habit to morphine into his physical appearance and behavior. He even provided his ain costumes which accurately matched the famous Paget illustrations from the Sherlock Holmes series published in the Strand magazine. Cushing added, in an interview for The Evening News, that "everything is accurate right downwardly to the famous 'mouse-colored' dressing-gown which I charred with cigarettes to get the burns Holmes made during his experiments. The producer had some absurd idea that I should not wear a deerstalker. I told them you might as well play Nelson without a patch over his eye! But still I am fugitive the more obvious props - the things similar the huge curved piping and magnifying glass that brand Holmes a music-hall joke. Quite a chip of time, I vesture a homburg on the moors - which is absolutely right, I find."
Several outside sequences for The Hound of the Baskervilles were shot virtually Frensham Ponds, Surrey, which served as a reliable stand-in for the real Dartmoor, but the majority of the filming took place on the Bray studio set up. Animation techniques were first considered for introducing the monstrous hound, just toll factors prevented it so the production coiffure was forced to use a existent dog. In Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography by Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, coiffure member Margaret Robinson said, "They had two dogs originally. One had been typecast because he once bit a barmaid! This was Colonel, who actually played the part. The other canis familiaris was owned by Barbara Wodehouse, and cost five times as much to rent. Also, Barbara wanted to double for Christopher Lee!" Robinson was charged with creating a frightening mask for the canis familiaris to wear and added, "I fabricated the mask out of rabbit fur, and the canis familiaris wouldn't allow anyone else to put the mask on him. He was a lovely dog - to me, at least!" As for the climactic scene between Sir Henry and the hound, Robinson revealed that "they duplicated the part of the set up in miniature where the canis familiaris was to leap onto Sir Henry. A pocket-sized boy named Robert was dressed to duplicate Christopher Lee. The dog couldn't acquit the sound of crumpled paper, and the idea was he would get straight for a prop man as he crumpled information technology. What nosotros didn't know is that Colonel hated small-scale boys, also! The prop human being caught the dog in mid-air earlier he got to Robert." Otherwise, the residual of the filming went smoothly, fifty-fifty Christopher Lee's hair-raising encounter with a deadly tarantula.
In the terminate, The Hound of the Baskervilles succeeds as a fashionable and colorful period thriller which demonstrates Terence Fisher's skills as a managing director (For one thing, he was able to compress the entire Baskerville legend into a ten infinitesimal opening sequence!). Unfortunately, information technology was not successful enough at the box office to justify Hammer'south plans to continue the series despite Peter Cushing'south fine portrayal of Holmes. And in the United States, the flick was marketed as a creature feature and non a murder mystery since the Hammer name was more synonymous with horror there. The Hound of the Baskervilles has since been remade by Andy Warhol protege Paul Morrissey who directed a parody of information technology in 1978 starring Dudley Moore and Peter Cook, and once more by Douglas Hickox, who helmed a 1983 television version with Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes.
Producer: Anthony Hinds
Director: Terence Fisher
Screenplay: Peter Bryan, based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Production Design: Bernard Robinson
Cinematography: Jack Asher
Special Furnishings: Sydney Pearson
Film Editing: Alfred Cox
Original Music: James Bernard
Principal Cast: Peter Cushing (Sherlock Holmes), Andre Morell (Dr. Watson), Christopher Lee (Sir Henry Baskerville), Marla Landi (Cecile), Miles Malleson (Bishop Frankland), David Oxley (Sir Hugo Baskerville), John Le Mesurier (Barrymore).
C-87m. Letterboxed.
by Jeff Stafford
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Near 13 years later Basil Rathbone had filmed his final screen appearance every bit Sherlock Holmes, Hammer Studios decided to resurrect Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's internationally famous detective in a colour remake of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) which had been previously filmed with Rathbone in 1939. The eerie tale, which opens in a flashback sequence to an before time, depicts the origins of the Baskerville curse: the corrupt Sir Hugo Baskerville brutally murders a retainer daughter who flees a group orgy at his mansion. Immediately following her death, still, Baskerville hears a foreign braying on the moors before encountering an immense spectral hound which avenges the girl's expiry. We then flash forward to the present, where Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson, are investigating the mysterious recent death of Sir Charles Baskerville. At the time of production, Hammer, a small British picture studio, was at the height of its success, enjoying huge profits from two tendency-setting horror films, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Horror of Dracula (1958). Peter Cushing gave definitive performances in both of those period thrillers and producer Anthony Hinds and director Terence Fisher knew he would brand a great Sherlock Holmes. The announcement of his casting generated a nifty bargain of excitement nearly the project in the British printing and Cushing was soon joined by Andre Morell as Dr. Watson and Christopher Lee equally Sir Henry Baskerville, the unfortunate heir to a dreadful curse. Lee was anxious to escape his villainous typecasting (he played Frankenstein's monster and Dracula in the previously mentioned Hammer horrors) and relished the opportunity to play the victim for a change. Cushing heavily researched his role prior to creating Holmes' character and took care to comprise the sleuth's well-known addiction to morphine into his physical appearance and behavior. He even provided his ain costumes which accurately matched the famous Paget illustrations from the Sherlock Holmes series published in the Strand magazine. Cushing added, in an interview for The Evening News, that "everything is authentic right downwardly to the famous 'mouse-colored' dressing-gown which I charred with cigarettes to go the burns Holmes made during his experiments. The producer had some cool thought that I should non wearable a deerstalker. I told them you lot might as well play Nelson without a patch over his middle! But still I am avoiding the more obvious props - the things like the huge curved pipe and magnifying drinking glass that make Holmes a music-hall joke. Quite a bit of time, I article of clothing a homburg on the moors - which is absolutely right, I find." Several exterior sequences for The Hound of the Baskervilles were shot near Frensham Ponds, Surrey, which served as a reliable stand-in for the real Dartmoor, but the bulk of the filming took place on the Bray studio set. Blitheness techniques were first considered for introducing the monstrous hound, but cost factors prevented it so the production crew was forced to use a real canis familiaris. In Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography by Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, crew member Margaret Robinson said, "They had two dogs originally. One had been typecast because he once bit a barmaid! This was Colonel, who actually played the part. The other dog was owned by Barbara Wodehouse, and cost five times as much to hire. Also, Barbara wanted to double for Christopher Lee!" Robinson was charged with creating a frightening mask for the canis familiaris to wear and added, "I fabricated the mask out of rabbit fur, and the canis familiaris wouldn't allow anyone else to put the mask on him. He was a lovely domestic dog - to me, at to the lowest degree!" As for the climactic scene between Sir Henry and the hound, Robinson revealed that "they duplicated the part of the ready in miniature where the dog was to jump onto Sir Henry. A small boy named Robert was dressed to duplicate Christopher Lee. The canis familiaris couldn't deport the sound of crumpled paper, and the idea was he would go straight for a prop human as he crumpled it. What we didn't know is that Colonel hated small-scale boys, too! The prop man defenseless the dog in mid-air before he got to Robert." Otherwise, the rest of the filming went smoothly, even Christopher Lee'south hair-raising encounter with a deadly tarantula. In the end, The Hound of the Baskervilles succeeds every bit a stylish and colorful menstruum thriller which demonstrates Terence Fisher'south skills as a director (For one affair, he was able to shrink the unabridged Baskerville fable into a x minute opening sequence!). Unfortunately, it was non successful enough at the box office to justify Hammer's plans to continue the series despite Peter Cushing'south fine portrayal of Holmes. And in the United States, the moving-picture show was marketed as a creature feature and not a murder mystery since the Hammer name was more synonymous with horror there. The Hound of the Baskervilles has since been remade by Andy Warhol protege Paul Morrissey who directed a parody of it in 1978 starring Dudley Moore and Peter Cook, and once more by Douglas Hickox, who helmed a 1983 idiot box version with Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes. Producer: Anthony Hinds Director: Terence Fisher Screenplay: Peter Bryan, based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Production Pattern: Bernard Robinson Cinematography: Jack Asher Special Effects: Sydney Pearson Film Editing: Alfred Cox Original Music: James Bernard Master Cast: Peter Cushing (Sherlock Holmes), Andre Morell (Dr. Watson), Christopher Lee (Sir Henry Baskerville), Marla Landi (Cecile), Miles Malleson (Bishop Frankland), David Oxley (Sir Hugo Baskerville), John Le Mesurier (Barrymore). C-87m. Letterboxed. by Jeff Stafford
Quotes
Trivia
The beginning Sherlock Holmes movie to be filmed in color.
This film was planned to be the first in a series of many Sherlock Holmes films starring Peter Cushing, produced by Hammer Films. The audience disapproved of a Hammer film without whatsoever monsters and failed to turn up. The planned franchise was then dropped.
For his function as Sherlock Holmes he of form had to have a pipe but as Peter Cushing was either a non-smoker or didn't like the taste of the pipe, he kept a glass of milk always to hand to remove the sense of taste.
Notes
The order of John Le Mesurier and Ewan Solon's names are reversed in the opening and endmost bandage credits. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'due south novel was beginning serialized in The Strand magazine between Baronial 1901 and April 1902. According to a July 1958 Hollywood Reporter news item, the British visitor 7 Arts Productions intended to produce a version of The Hound of the Baskervilles, the beginning of several "Sherlock Holmes" films, but the particular May have named Vii Arts in error, or Hammer May have taken over production.
According to information in the file on the film in the MPAA/PCA Collection at the AMPAS Library, the American release of the film ran 84 minutes. British reviews indicate that the running time when released in Britain was 87-88 minutes. The Hound of the Baskervilles was the showtime of several Sherlock Holmes films to be shot in Technicolor. For data on earlier versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles, please consult the entry for the 1939 release in the AFI Catalog of Characteristic Films, 1931-40.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1959
Third film accommodation of Doyle'southward novel after 1932 and 1939 versions. Two more than were to follow in 1980 and 1983.
Released in United states 1959
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