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The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Started by Donald A. Petkus. Last reply by Larry Feldman Dec 3.

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Comment by Larry Feldman on December 2, 2009 at 11:23pm: Fitting in with Donald's point about the "foreign evil" perspective of the story: The funniest thing is the Hammer Studios edition of the Hound movie is that the wife from South America is portrayed as the REAL mastermind behind Stapleton's plans.Its the movie version that teens most enjoy (because its the creepiest--Hammer specializes in horror--and it shows) but I hesitate to show it to my Middle School students since many are Mexican-American, and I felt funny about showing a movie where the only Hispanic person in the movie is the villain! Talk about Anglo-Centric!:)

Comment by Paul R. Spiring on November 17, 2009 at 1:34pm: Hi Peter. In answer to your question, I would like start by saying that on-balance, I like the Cushing version of 'Houn' because it was the first such film to be shot in colour. However, I also feel that the screenwriters approach to the original storyline was far too liberal i.e. Henry Baskerville and the spider incident! I also think that Cushing's portrayel of Holmes was very melodramatic, although I liked Morrell as Watson (incidentally, Morrell was a local boy, born in Plymouth near Dartmoor). Overall, I would score it 6/10). Regards, Paul.

Comment by Paul R. Spiring on November 11, 2009 at 12:26pm: Members might be interested to learn that I will appear in a forthcoming episode of 'John Sergeant's Tourist Trail' (Mentorn Media, 2009). The relevent programme will examine the link between Dartmoor and Sherlock Holmes and it is scheduled to be broadcast by ITV1 at 20:00 (GMT) on Tuesday 24 November 2009. For further details, please follow the enclosed link:

http://www.bfronline.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view...

Best wishes,

Paul.

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Comment by William Sirman Th.M DC on October 30, 2009 at 6:49pm: What does everyone think of the Peter Cushing adaptation of "THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES?"