The Hound of the Baskervilles (1914)
In this early version the classic "Hound of the Baskervilles" mystery is not faithfully adapted, Watson's character is absent and there are two Holmes. Holmes' foe is called Stapleton and he menaces Holmes' client Lord Henry and his fiancée, Laura Lyons, masquerading himself as Holmes. Hidden passages, hand bombs and mechanical devices abound, reminding more of a serial than of a Conan Doyle story.
Director: Rudolf Meinert
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Alwin Neuß as Sherlock Holmes |
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Friedrich Kühne as Stapleton |
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Hanni Weisse as Laura Lyons |
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Erwin Fichtner as Henry von Baskerville |
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Andreas Van Horn as Barrymore |
| Writing | Arthur Conan Doyle | Novel |
| Directing | Rudolf Meinert | Director |
| Writing | Richard Oswald | Writer |
| Production | Josef Greenbaum | Producer |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Werner Brandes | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hermann Warm | Production Design |
