Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) Pipe used by Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes

This pipe has been identified and screen-matched as having been used by Peter Cushing in the 1959 Hammer production of "The Hound of the Baskervilles", in the role of Sherlock Holmes, playing with André Morell as Watson and Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville, directed by Terence Fisher. The pipe belonged to Cushing, who was actually a cigarette smoker and didn't enjoy pipes, and was sold with other pipes (also used as Holmes in the 1968 BBC series) at his estate auction in 1994 and later acquired privately. In the case of this particular pipe, we have the good fortune of, besides it being clearly seen on the film, there being a publicity shot of Cushing holding the pipe.

At first, when I purchased the pipe, I didn't know what film it had been used on. At the time I browsed through the film and didn't find it. I gave up rather too quickly, as Cushing uses another pipe early on. I found it only when watching the film again and, to my surprise, this one is used towards the end, in a wonderful scene with Lee and Morell.

The Gorgon (1964) Release script

When his father Professor Jules Heitz and brother Bruno die under mysterious circumstances, Paul Heitz (Richard Pasko) travels to a small town to determine what is going on. It's the early 1900s and he finds villagers who are wary of strangers and apparently live in fear, particularly when there is a full moon. He hears of the legend of Megaera, a Gorgon so hideous that to look at her will turn you to stone. Of particular interest to him are Dr. Namaroff (Peter Cushing) and his attractive assistant Carla Hoffman (Barbara Shelley). Namaroff is obviously hiding something and is very possessive of Carla, who suffers from blackouts and memory loss. With the help of his mentor, Professor Karl Meister (Christopher Lee), Paul tries to unlock the secrets around them.

This is a release script for 1964's "The Gorgon", directed by one of my favourite directors, Terence Fisher. [P]