The following is a collection of print media from the initial runs of 1959's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" in the Pacific Northwest. "The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake" was the second feature in both Seattle and Portland.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate when a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate.
Director: Terence Fisher
Writers: Arthur Conan Doyle, Peter Bryan
Stars: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee
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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Anthropologist Jonathan Drake believes that the men of his family have been cursed for generations by the native South American tribe he studies. Shortly after his brother, discovers one of the tribe's shrunken heads, he's found murdered.
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Writer: Orville H. Hampton
Stars: Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Grant Richards
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July 18, 1959 ad (Seattle)
July 17, 1959 ad (Seattle)
July 19, 1959 photo (Seattle)
July 19, 1959 ad (Seattle)
August 23, 1959 photo (Portland)
September 10, 1959 ad (Portland)
September 10, 1959 ad (Portland)
September 16, 1959 ad (Portland)
September 17, 1959 ad (Portland)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) poster
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) poster
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 trailer
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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) trailer
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