The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1931
Running Times: 72 mins
Length: 2060.75 metres / 7 reels
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures
Producer: Michael Balcon

SCRIPT
Script: Edgar Wallace, Gareth V. Gundrey
Novel: Arthur Conan Doyle

DIRECTION
Director: Gareth V. Gundrey

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Bernard Knowles, William Shenton

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ian Dalrymple

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Tom Heslewood

CAST
Robert Rendel (Sherlock Holmes)
Frederick Lloyd (Dr Watson)
Elizabeth Vaughan (Mrs Laura Lyons)
John Stuart (Sir Henry Baskerville)
Reginald Bach (Stapleton)
Heather Angel (Beryl)
Wilfred Shine (Dr Mortimer)
Sybil Jane (Mrs Barrymore)
Henry Hallett (Barrymore)
Sam Livesey (Sir Hugo)

NOTE

Robert Rendel took up temporary residence in the most famous address in Baker Street to play
the legendary consulting detective opposite Fred Lloyd's Watson in this second British version of
The Hound of the Baskervilles, a Gainsborough production. V. Gareth Gundry alledgedly couldn't disguise the fact that his Dartmoor is actually Hampstead Heath and repeats the pointless gimmick of the 1921 version by dousing the hound in luminous paint.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: First Anglo Corp

TIMELINE

1932
April
10: UK – theatrical release
14: USA – theatrical release

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Das Dunkle Schloß (1915)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1920)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)
Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil (1915)
Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil (1915)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1920)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1929)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1936)
Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sobaka Baskervilej (1981)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Bioscope vol.88 no.1295 (29 July 1931) p.29 (UK)
review

Picturegoer vol.1 no.39 (20 February 1932) p.19 (UK)
review

Variety 19 April 1932 (USA)
review (by Waly)

KEYWORDS

detectives, dogs, sherlock holmes

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009