Caftan Woman Posted by on October 29, 2019

Pale Writer Gabriela is giving us a Hallowe'en treat with Dark and Deep: The Gothic Horror Blogathon. Click HERE for your autumn chills. Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles with illustrations by Sidney Paget was serialized in The Strand Magazine in 1901/1902 and published as a no   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on April 25, 2019

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film...   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on September 5, 2015

Share This! “Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!”—— Dr. Mortimer (Lionel Atwill) to Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Now, with the 2015 release of Mr. Holmes and a new, if older Sherlock Holmes in Ian McKellen, it seems appropriate to look back seventy-five years, to an earlier   read more

Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on March 16, 2014

(1959) Directed by Terence Fisher; Written by: Peter Bryan; Based on the Novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Starring: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi and Francis De Wolff. Available on DVD. Rating: *** ½ “I don’t know how he did it, short of be   read more

Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on March 16, 2014

(1959) Directed by Terence Fisher; Written by: Peter Bryan; Based on the Novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Starring: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi and Francis De Wolff. Available on DVD. Rating: *** ½ “I don’t know how he did it, short of be   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on February 26, 2014

Like other Hammer adaptations of literary classics, director Terence Fisher’s 1959 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles takes many liberties with its source material but strives to retain the essence of the original’s appeal. Making the best-known and most adapted of the Sherlock Hol   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on February 26, 2014

Like other Hammer adaptations of literary classics, director Terence Fisher’s 1959 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles takes many liberties with its source material but strives to retain the essence of the original’s appeal. Making the best-known and most adapted of the Sherlock Hol   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on February 26, 2014

Like other Hammer adaptations of literary classics, director Terence Fisher’s 1959 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles takes many liberties with its source material but strives to retain the essence of the original’s appeal. Making the best-known and most adapted of the Sherlock Hol   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on January 19, 2014

The Hound of the Baskervilles Directed by Sidney Lanfield Written by Ernest Pascal from the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1939/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental Basil Rathbone is Sherlock Holmes. The story adheres fairly closely to Conan Doyle’s ori   read more