The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)

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The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1929 German silent mystery film directed by Richard Oswald and is an adaptation of the 1902 Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. The film stars Carlyle Blackwell as Sherlock Holmes and George Seroff as Dr. Watson, with Betty Bird, Alexander Murski, and Livio Pavanelli in supporting roles. It tells the story of Holmes (Blackwell) investigating the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, believed to be caused by a supernatural hound haunting the Baskerville family. This was the last Sherlock Holmes adaptation of the silent film era.

Production

Richard Oswald had previously adapted Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles for the 1914 German serial Der Hund von Baskerville. However, the 1929 film was not a remake of that serial but a direct adaptation of Doyle's original novel.

The British-based American actor Carlyle Blackwell was cast as Sherlock Holmes, selected for the role because he was considered "suitably Britannic."

The film’s sets were designed by art director Willy Schiller, and it was filmed at Staaken Studios in Berlin.

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