The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921 film) -- but it still has its moments, mostly involving moody shots of the moors." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself enjoyed the film saying "Mr. Ellie Norwood whose wonderful personification of Holmes has amazed me. On seeing him in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" I thought I had never seen anything more masterly." The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1921 British mystery film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Eille Norwood, Catina Campbell and Rex McDougall. It is based on the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Hound of the Baskervilles to move into Baskerville Hall, despite the ominous warning message. Holmes and Dr Watson follow him from Holmes's Baker Street apartment back to his hotel and notice a bearded man following him in a cab; they pursue the man, but he escapes. Mortimer tells them that Mr Barrymore, the butler at Baskerville Hall, has a beard like the one on the stranger. Sir Henry's boot reappears, but an older one vanishes. Holmes sends for the cab driver who shuttled the bearded man after Sir Henry and is both astounded and amused to learn that the stranger had made a point