March 24, 1939 –
… Murder, my dear Watson. Refined, cold-blooded murder. …
Twentieth Century Fox released on this date, the first of 14 films based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Although Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are the stars of the film, 20th Century Fox was unsure whether the film would be a hit or not, therefore Richard Greene, already a well-established star, was given top billing, while Rathbone and Bruce were billed second and fourth respectively. After the massive box office success of the first film, Rathbone and Bruce received top billing in the thirteen films which followed.
Oh Watson, the needle!
The Haus of Dcaligari 