History Trivia / TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

!!Film/HammerHorror version
* ActorInspiredElement: It was Creator/PeterCushing's suggestion that the mantlepiece feature Holmes' correspondence transfixed to it with a jackknife as per the original stories. He even provided his own costumes which accurately matched the famous Paget illustrations from the Sherlock Holmes series published in The Strand Magazine.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/ChristopherLee readily admited he had a morbid fear of spiders, and the panic on his face during the scene with the tarantula was not due to acting.
* HostilityOnTheSet: According to various sources, Creator/ChristopherLee and Andre Morell didn't get along during filming and they usually avoided each other in between takes.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: The hound they used was a real dog called Colonel. On the set before the hound attacks Sir Henry Baskerville, they could not get Colonel to jump on Lee, so they started to "prod" him into action. Creator/ChristopherLee gave up and suddenly, Colonel lunged on him and bit right through one of his arms.
** For the climactic scene between Sir Henry and the hound, Margaret Robinson revealed that "they duplicated the part of the set in miniature where the dog was to leap onto Sir Henry. A small boy named Robert was dressed to duplicate Lee. The dog couldn't bear the sound of crumpled paper, and the idea was he would go straight for a prop man as he crumpled it. What we didn't know is that Colonel hated small boys, too. The prop man caught the dog in mid-air before he got to Robert."
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/ChristopherLee plays Sir Henry, a NiceGuy as opposed to his usual villainous self.
* PromotedFanboy: Creator/PeterCushing was an aficionado of Sherlock Holmes and brought his knowledge to the project.
* RecycledSet: The Baskerville Hall set is a redress of that used for Castle Dracula in ''Film/Dracula1958'', in which Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/PeterCushing also starred and Terence Fisher also directed.
* StillbornFranchise: Originally proposed by brief Hammer cohort Kenneth Hyman, this movie was planned to be the first in a series of many Sherlock Holmes movies starring Creator/PeterCushing, produced by Hammer Films. The audience disapproved of a Hammer movie without any monsters and failed to turn up. The planned series was then dropped.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/PeterCushing would often make amendments to his script. For example, dialogue where he inquires about how much he's getting paid was changed to "My professional charges are upon a fixed scale. I do not vary them, except when I remit them altogether."

* ActingForTwo: Richard Greene plays both Sir Henry and Sir Hugo (even though Hugo is suppose to look like Stapleton the producers thought this would spoil the movie.)

* RetroactiveRecognition: André Morell is perhaps best remembered nowadays for his portrayal of Professor Bernard Quatermass in the classic BBC serial ''[[{{Franchise/Quatermass}} Quatermass and the Pit]]''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: André Morell is perhaps best remembered nowadays for his portrayal of Professor Bernard Quatermass in the classic BBC serial ''[[Franchise/Quatermass Quatermass and the Pit]]''.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/BasilRathbone was best known for playing villains before he was cast Holmes. Sadly however playing Holmes would doom Rathbone to typecasting ''again'' as he could never be associated with anything but Holmes after this.

** The 1981 Russian tv miniseries has the same actors who portray Jack Stapleton and Laura Lyons also portray Sir Hugo and his victim in the flashbacks.
* BillingDisplacement: The 1939 film is the only Sherlock Holmes film where the actors playing Holmes and Watson did ''not'' get top billing. Richard Greene, the actor who played Sir Henry, got the top bill. Creator/BasilRathbone got second billing and Nigel Bruce got ''fourth'' billing.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Basil Rathbone was best known for playing villains before he was cast Holmes. Sadly however playing Holmes would doom Rathbone to typecasting ''again'' as he could never be associated with anything but Holmes after this.
** Creator/ChristopherLee in the 1959 version plays Sir Henry, a NiceGuy as opposed to his usual villainous self.
* StillbornFranchise: The 1959 version was supposed to be the start of a series of films starring Creator/PeterCushing as Sherlock Holmes. The film's disappointing box office returns dashed those hopes. Peter Cushing went on to play Sherlock Holmes on television.

* StillbornFranchise: The 1959 version was supposed to be the start of a series of films starring Creator/PeterCushing as Sherlock Holmes. The film's disappointing box office returns dashed those hopes.

** Basil Rathbone was best know for playing villains before he was cast Holmes. Sadly however playing Holmes would doom Rathbone to typecasting ''again'' as he could never be associated with anything but Holmes after this.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/ChristopherLee in the 1959 version plays Sir Henry, a NiceGuy as opposed to his usual villainous self.

* BillingDisplacement: The 1939 film is the only Sherlock Holmes film where the actors playing Holmes and Watson did ''not'' get top billing. Richard Greene, the actor who played Sir Henry, got the top bill. Rathbone got second billing and Nigel Bruce got ''fourth'' billing.
* PlayingAgainstType: Christopher Lee in the 1959 version plays Sir Henry, a NiceGuy as opposed to his usual villainous self.

* PlayingAgainstType: Christopher Lee in the 1959 version plays a completely nice guy and a victim as opposed to his usual villainous self.

* HeyItsThatGuy: In the 2002 adaptation, Holmes and Watson are [[Film/MoulinRouge the Duke]] and [[Film/HarryPotter Professor Quirrell]].
** Or [[Film/VanHelsing Dracula]] and [[Film/FindingNeverland Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], for that matter.
** Dr. Mortimer is [[MidsomerMurders Tom Barnaby]].

* BillingDisplacement: The 1939 film is the only Sherlock Holmes film where the actors playing Holmes and Watson did ''not'' get top billing. Richard Greene the actor who played Sir Henry got the top bill. Rathone got second billing and Nigel Bruce got ''fourth'' billing.

** Or [[VanHelsing Dracula]] and [[Film/FindingNeverland Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], for that matter.