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　　A mo[@st =pleasi ,+ng^]ly atmospheric rend
[it ]ion\*( # o@f the tale, [*noirishly ph?oto!.g^raphed^ =and moodi ly @set, this is th;,^e version, which\ prob]ably w ould have de(lighted Conan D o *yle th^e most. There is one ]
@important plot change whic@ h :e,!^n[$ables $)t:!he b__eautiful Alice[ Bran\_dt t )o enjoy both a larger r=*ole(= and a\` `#=[more intri@guing part*: in`)_# t`he$)? `^p`$)rocee!)[ dings. This chan! ?ge also bu;$ild/@s up the parts of Dr Mortim
?e;^r and , _Lord% Char* .les, yet at t]he sam?=(e time provi-(%des a ni$\ce int rodu=$ction to t he is-he-sini
=ster or ?]is-he-\=a-g+`ood/,%-guy Barrymore,/_) deftly played (he/=re by Fritz[ R(asp.　+.　Despite)*) the s,;,t*]?ing /\of its well-de=veloped)*@ s`/tory, the * -spellbindin!*-^_gly, atmos`+^\pher=ic directio*`)= n and the engrossing per_$formances= #`+delivered by).^ the (+entire cast^^, many fans ma.$^y find this vers:ion somewha++t dis_appointing. For at lea;#s=[!t three reasons\(%+: As in t?$he n^]ovel#;;, +?the par#@t ]\played(! in the,\` )=nar ra-tive by S*#herlock \%Holm!es, though vital, is minimal. And*=% in this version, no t only ha##s no a/ `tt[empt been made to enlarge his role, if anyth?ing b]oth writer and! directo
-.r do, th_*e,%#ir be
st to ?minimize it. Holmes do_es not even make-%] his ?entrance fo*/ r hal!#;;f-an-hour, and wh!?en he does finall_y ap=@(+p$
ear,\. he has his- back to the camera. It is Fritz @^O_*(de
/ma?+r, as D/r*) W#/at#]!son;@, who receives .the more f-(`avo` rable ;cam;^era angles. An d there is a
*#\ purpo`(,
se in this. It! %is Watson, no/_:t Hol[!mes-/, who figure,s as the mai n protagonist of+ *!The %, Hound of+# the Baskervilles. F-$o_?@*r the.)+ bulk= of )# @!th+e narra-)tive_, ]Holm^e :$s +di:]sappears. It is! Wats;-o#n\\ and Lord Henr+y (P!%et
er Voss) who take  !u%+;p the runni ng. The movie is ,$al@most ov`er, before Holmes ]
closes  @in#. on the villain. A_n$\d ev-#+en so, this is not the o%b(sessed;, self-imp;] ortant Ho#!l;mes w:]e are accus (tom$ ed to see?^ ta .!king charg=#)e. -Another pr,@oblem is that t=he title houn(%] d i tself does
no#t f-igure. a -[gre;` at deal i+]+n t[:he action, a downgrad/[?ing which wil^(l undoub % %te/%dly] rate as anothe*
r major disappoi:+$n ?tment `]for-?`- f!a@ns./ And finally, it could( be argu ed th;=-at[ the$,; [-script _gi_`-ve+s too `much attention to Con; a, 
n*/ Doyl ^
e's  r(++/e)*!*d herri^=.ng, th.^e escaped `c]onvict, and not enough to the r,^]e](a;_l villain.　　This said, it m@ust surely be admitted[ by `a),l^;_l,, !that ,%( ;=/O`de\=mar&)
#39s interp\retation of Watson%!—intel+ligen=;t-. , c=ha` rming, level-hea!%ded, #.[c^$our a?ge?+ous an^d resourcefu.%`l—is much cl..oser to Conan D,oyle's c.o:- nce(pt\ion than either the @^bungli n-g, inveter-
ate#:ly stup^id;` Nigel Bruce or the self-effacin!!/g`
I?,[an Flemin;]g.　%　On;)e other playe-,+;r deserves special menti_(on: E@;%^r$ich Ponto (Dr Win#.kel in T) =^he Third Ma)n) ^(who seems e%,xactly ,rig (
*ht f*or Stapl+/.eton+;. A d ])ifficult part,)+)! superbly played.　^
?)　-) JohnHowardRei? d, .-i).!mdb