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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), has been translated to film and television about a dozen times over the years, which must be some sort of record.
The two most famous films are the 1939 Fox version, directed by Sidney Lanfield, and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, and the Hammer version, produced twenty years later, directed by Terrence Fisher, and starring Peter Cushing and Andre Morell as Holmes and Watson, and Christopher Lee as Sir Henry.
While both are quality affairs, I personally prefer the darker, more gloomy representation of the 1939, as opposed to the '59 with its occasionally stage bound sets, and Eastman Color, which I believe was a first for a Holmes production.
The Blu-ray represents the film well, with nice color, and a proper-appearing grain structure. It all works.
Twilight Time tops it all off with a quality selection of extras, fit for any Holmes fanatic.
Image - 4.5
Audio - 5
4k Up-rez - 4.5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Recommended
RAH
The two most famous films are the 1939 Fox version, directed by Sidney Lanfield, and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, and the Hammer version, produced twenty years later, directed by Terrence Fisher, and starring Peter Cushing and Andre Morell as Holmes and Watson, and Christopher Lee as Sir Henry.
While both are quality affairs, I personally prefer the darker, more gloomy representation of the 1939, as opposed to the '59 with its occasionally stage bound sets, and Eastman Color, which I believe was a first for a Holmes production.
The Blu-ray represents the film well, with nice color, and a proper-appearing grain structure. It all works.
Twilight Time tops it all off with a quality selection of extras, fit for any Holmes fanatic.
Image - 4.5
Audio - 5
4k Up-rez - 4.5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Recommended
RAH