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* AscendedFanboy: Creator/PeterCushing was a major fan of the Literature/SherlockHolmes stories and extensively studied the novel and stories to prepare for his role.
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* AscendedFanboy: Creator/PeterCushing ActorInspiredElement: It was a major fan of Creator/PeterCushing's suggestion that the Literature/SherlockHolmes stories and extensively studied mantlepiece feature Holmes' correspondence transfixed to it with a jackknife as per the novel and stories to prepare for original stories. He even provided his role.own costumes which accurately matched the famous Paget illustrations from the Sherlock Holmes series published in The Strand Magazine.
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* ThrowItIn: Cushing suggested having Holmes attach his correspondence to the mantle with a jackknife, a detail pulled from the original stories.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/PeterCushing shot down producer Anthony Hinds' proposal to remove the deerstalker, citing that it was an iconic part of Holmes ensemble. Cushing also apparently revised the script's wording for more period authenticity.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/PeterCushing shot down producer Anthony Hinds' proposal to remove the deerstalker, citing that it was an iconic part of Holmes ensemble. Cushing also apparently revised the script's wording for more period authenticity.
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* ThrowItIn: Cushing suggested having Holmes attach EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/ChristopherLee readily admited he had a morbid fear of spiders, and the panic on his correspondence to face during the mantle scene with a jackknife, a detail pulled from the original stories.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 a major fan of the Literature/SherlockHolmes stories and extensively studied the novel and stories to prepare for his role.
* 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 to be more accurate to the character of Holmes. 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." He also shot down producer AnthonyHinds' proposal Hinds suggestion to remove drop the deerstalker, citing that it was as an iconic part of Holmes ensemble. Cushing also apparently revised the script's wording for more period authenticity.Holmes' wardrobe.
* 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 a major fan of the Literature/SherlockHolmes stories and extensively studied the novel and stories to prepare for his role.
* 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 to be more accurate to the character of Holmes. 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." He also shot down producer Anthony
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* WagTheDiector: Creator/PeterCushing shot down producer Anthony Hinds' proposal to remove the deerstalker, citing that it was an iconic part of Holmes ensemble. Cushing also apparently revised the script's wording for more period authenticity.
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* WagTheDiector: ThrowItIn: Cushing suggested having Holmes attach his correspondence to the mantle with a jackknife, a detail pulled from the original stories.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/PeterCushing shot down producer Anthony Hinds' proposal to remove the deerstalker, citing that it was an iconic part of Holmes ensemble. Cushing also apparently revised the script's wording for more period authenticity.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/PeterCushing shot down producer Anthony Hinds' proposal to remove the deerstalker, citing that it was an iconic part of Holmes ensemble. Cushing also apparently revised the script's wording for more period authenticity.
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* ActingForTwo: David Ogilvy played both Sir Hugo Baskerville and Stapleton, but is only credited for the first role.
* AscendedFanboy: Creator/PeterCushing was a major fan of the Literature/SherlockHolmesstoriesstories and extensively studied the novel and stories to prepare for his role.
* CreatorsFavorite: Cushing considered his performance as Holmes to be one of his best
* WagTheDiector: Creator/PeterCushing shot down producer Anthony Hinds' proposal to remove the deerstalker, citing that it was an iconic part of Holmes ensemble. Cushing also apparently revised the script's wording for more period authenticity.
* AscendedFanboy: Creator/PeterCushing was a major fan of the Literature/SherlockHolmes
* CreatorsFavorite: Cushing considered his performance as Holmes to be one of his best
* WagTheDiector: Creator/PeterCushing shot down producer Anthony Hinds' proposal to remove the deerstalker, citing that it was an iconic part of Holmes ensemble. Cushing also apparently revised the script's wording for more period authenticity.
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