Der Hund von Baskerville (1929 film)

Der Hund von Baskerville
Directed by	Richard Oswald
Produced by	Fred Lyssa
Written by	Arthur Conan Doyle (novel) Georg C. Klaren Herbert Juttke
Starring	Carlyle Blackwell Alexander Murski Livio Pavanelli Fritz Rasp
Cinematography	Frederik Fuglsang
Production company	Erda-Film
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release dates	28 August 1929
Country	Germany
Language	Silent German intertitles

Der Hund von Baskerville (English:The Hound of the Baskervilles) is a 1929 German silent mystery film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Alexander Murski, Livio Pavanelli. The film is an adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the last Sherlock Holmes adaptation in the silent film era.^[1]

Production

Richard Oswald had penned an earlier adaptation of Conan Doyle's tale for the 1914 serial Der Hund von Baskerville. This version was not a remake of that serial but was a straight adaptation of the source material.^[1]

The British-based American actor Carlyle Blackwell was hired to play Holmes, as he was "suitably Britannic".^[2]

Cast

Carlyle Blackwell as Sherlock Holmes
Alexander Murski as Lord Charles Baskerville
Livio Pavanelli as Sir Henry Baskerville
George Seroff as Dr. Watson
Betty Bird as Beryl
Fritz Rasp as Stapleton
Valy Arnheim as Barrymore
Alma Taylor as Mrs. Barrymore
Carla Bartheel as Laura Lyons
Jaro Fürth as Dr. Mortimer
Robert Garrison as Falkland

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Alan Barnes (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.
↑ S.S. Prawer. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. p. 86.

External links

The Hound of the Baskervilles at the Internet Movie Database

Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories

Silent films

Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
A Study in Scarlet (1914)
Detektiv Braun (1914)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
The Valley of Fear (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1929)

Norwood series

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
The Sign of Four (1923)

Wontner series

Rathbone-Bruce
series

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Voice of Terror (1942)
Secret Weapon (1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1944)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)

Maslennikov
series

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
The Treasures of Agra (1983)
The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)

Stoll series (shorts)

By actor

Clive Brook	The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929) Sherlock Holmes (1932)

Peter Cushing	The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) The Masks of Death (1984)

Christopher Lee	Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) Incident at Victoria Falls (1991)

Christopher Plummer	Silver Blaze (1977) Murder by Decree (1979)

Ian Richardson	The Sign of Four (1983) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) Murder Rooms (2000)

Matt Frewer	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000) The Sign of Four (2001) The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002) The Royal Scandal (2003)

Ian Hart (as Watson)	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)

Robert Downey Jr.	Sherlock Holmes (2009) A Game of Shadows (2011)

Other films

The Speckled Band (1931)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)
A Study in Terror (1965)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983)
The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
Hands of a Murderer (1990)
The Crucifer of Blood (1991)
1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993)
The Hound of London (1993)
Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
Sherlock Holmes (2010)
Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
Mr. Holmes (2015)

Comedies
and parodies

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather's Porridge? (1930)
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
The Case of the Screaming Bishop (1944)
Deduce, You Say! (1956)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
Sherlock Pink (1976)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
The Private Eyes (1980)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Without a Clue (1988)
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997)
Zero Effect (1998)
A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (2006)
Aria the Scarlet Ammo (2008)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (2009)
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
Sherlock Yack (2011)

Television
series

Sherlock Holmes (1951)
Sherlock Holmes (1954)
Sherlock Holmes (1965–1968)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)
The Baker Street Boys (1983)
Sherlock Hound (1984–1985)
Sherlock Holmes (1984–1994)
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
Sherlock (2010–)
Elementary (2012–)
Sherlock Holmes (2013)
Sherlock Holmes (2014)

The films of Richard Oswald

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1914)
Tales of Hoffman (1916)
A Night of Horror (1916)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917)
The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918)
Different from the Others (1919)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1919)
Figures of the Night (1920)
Lady Hamilton (1921)
The House in Dragon Street (1921)
The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore (1921)
Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
Carlos and Elisabeth (1924)
The Wife of Forty Years (1925)
Should We Be Silent? (1926)
We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment (1926)
The White Horse Inn (1926)
Assassination (1927)
Radio Magic (1927)
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927)
Lützow's Wild Hunt (1927)
The Green Alley (1928)
Villa Falconieri (1928)
Spring Awakening (1929)
The Mistress and her Servant (1929)
Marriage in Trouble (1929)
Cagliostro (1929)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)
Dreyfus (1930)
Vienna, City of Song (1930)
Alraune (1930)
The Tender Relatives (1930)
1914 (1931)
Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931)
Poor as a Church Mouse (1931)
Victoria and Her Hussar (1931)
The Captain from Köpenick (1931)
Gräfin Mariza (1932)
Uncanny Stories (1932)
The Flower of Hawaii (1933)
A Song Goes Round the World (1933)
Adventures on the Lido (1933)
My Song Goes Round the World (1934)
When You're Young, the World Belongs to You (1934)
Bleeke Bet (1934)
Tempête sur l'Asie (1938)
Isle of Missing Men (1942)
The Lovable Cheat (1949)