The Hound of the Baskervilles

One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.

Cast

Carlyle Blackwell

as Sherlock Holmes

George Seroff

as Dr. Watson

Alexander Murski

as Lord Charles Baskerville

Livio Pavanelli

as Sir Henry Baskerville

Betty Bird

as Beryl

Fritz Rasp

as Stapleton

Valy Arnheim

as Barrymore

Alma Taylor

as Mrs. Barrymore

Carla Bartheel

as Laura Lyons

Jaro Fürth

as Dr. Mortimer

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