Sunday, January 11, 2015

An interesting indirect Robin Hood connection

The first of the famous Sherlock Holmes movies starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce was The Hound of the Baskervilles, made in 1939. In the film, Richard Greene stars as Sir Henry Baskerville, the heir to the fortune and the center of the mystery of the giant hound. One of Rathbone's most famous roles was, of course, Sir Guy of Gisbourne in the 1938 classic, The Adventures of Robin Hood. Later, from 1955 to 1959, Greene would star as Robin Hood in the television series.

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