| The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939),
				Director: Sidney Lanfield, rated Approved 
				SHERLOCK 
				HOLMES lives again in a masterpiece of mystery! 
				
				  Starring: 
				Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, 
				Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Barlowe Borland, Beryl Mercer 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 
				- good 
				"There's no doubt 
				about it in my mind. Or perhaps I should say, in my imagination. 
				For that's where crimes are conceived and where they're 
				solved... in the imagination." - Sherlock Holmes 
				Why watch this? On 
				film, Basil Rathbone is the best Sherlock Holmes - cool and 
				smart. 
				Plot Summary: 
						Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to 
				investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, 
				believed by some to be caused by a legendary demonic hound that 
				haunts the family estate on the fog-shrouded Dartmoor. Holmes, 
				while initially skeptical of the supernatural, dispatches Watson 
				to Baskerville Hall to protect Sir Henry, who has just arrived 
				from Canada, and gather information about the eerie happenings 
				on the moor. 
				Dad's Preview: 
				This was the first of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films featuring 
				Rathbone and Bruce as sleuth and assistant. Sir Henry 
				Baskerville, the last heir to his family estate,  
				inherited a family curse that involves a blood-thirsty canine 
				prowling the moors intent upon ending the family bloodline. 
				It's up to Holmes and Watson to figure out the truth and prevent 
				Sir Henry's death. In my youth, I loved these intelligent, often scary, 
				British mysteries. 
				 Gene Markey, 
				Darryl F. Zanuck; 20th Century Fox
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