A Sherlock Holmes classic launches the Milton Reads film series on Tuesday, July 8. A free film, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) will air at 6:30 p.m. in the Keys Community Room (lower level) of the Milton Library, 476 Canton Avenue in Milton.  This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Milton Library, is open to the public.  This film is part of the Milton Reads special events.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) stars Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, and Richard Greene. A classic Sherlock Holmes film, it is faithful to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original story about a family curse and a mythic creature on the moors.

For more information, contact the library’s Reference Desk at (617) 698-5757 or visit the library’s website, www.miltonlibrary.org.