Guest Appearance on Adventures in Compliance Discussing the Hound of the Baskervilles

2 comments for “Guest Appearance on Adventures in Compliance Discussing the Hound of the Baskervilles”

RAYMOND G. CABANA, JR.

October 1, 2024 at 1:33 pm

Adam: the two 1939 “Sherlock Holmes” features produced by 20th Century-Fox are hardly “early” examples, films with the famous sleuth dating back to the early Teens. Of the two, I prefer the first, “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, although — to me, anyway — it’s hardly as effective as some of the Universal series from the Forties, my all-time favorite such series. Thus, “The Voice of Terror”, “The House of Fear” and “The Scarlet Claw” are exceptionally atmospheric, and “The Pearl of Death” virtually a horror film, with the character of “The Creeper” downright scary — by my lights, anyway. Veteran film director Roy William Neill directed all but the first entry and did so superbly until his death in 1946.
RAYMOND G. CABANA, JR.

October 1, 2024 at 1:55 pm

I SOMEHOW MISSED “SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH” (1943) — IRONICALLY ENOUGH, MY FAVORITE ENTRY IN THE WONDERFULSERIES!!!