The Basil Rathbone Gallery

Candid Photos

Most of the following photos are ones that have been offered for sale on EBAY. In most cases I do not know where or when the photo was taken, or who else is in the picture. Where I do have information, I have written it below the photo. Please feel free to e-mail me to add or correct any information here.

Since there are several pages of candid photos, I have attempted to organize them in the following manner:

Page 1
candid photos on movie and television sets
Page 2
more candid photos on movie sets
Page 3
candid photos taken at Rathbone parties
Page 4
Family photos
Page 5
miscellaneous candid photos
Page 6
miscellaneous candid photos
Page 7
miscellaneous candid photos
Page 8
Domestic Basil, and the Ouida Gallery
 

 

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Rathbone horsing around with his makeup man, 1939


Ilona Massey surrounded by J. Edward Bromberg, Nigel Bruce, and Basil Rathbone

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Rathbone, Ellen Drew, and director Tim Whelan on the set of The Mad Doctor

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with Lew Ayres and director Charles Lederer on the set of Fingers on the Window


Rathbone with Lorraine Day, cameraman Harry Stradling and director Charles Lederer of Fingers on the Window


The cast of If I Were King


Rathbone with costars and director of The Black Sleep. Also in photo are make-up artists George and Gordon Bau.


On the set of The Hound of the Baskervilles, with Nigel Bruce and director Sidney Lanfield

Vincent Price and Rathbone on the set of Tales of Terror

Rathbone watches as Vincent Price is made up for scene in Tales of Terror

Gary Cooper is in the middle of this trio. The wig he's wearing may be Basil's Frenchman's Creek wig.


Rathbone and Jane Bryan on the set of Confession


Rathbone rehearsing on the set of Confession


Marlene Dietrich and Rathbone getting hair fixed for next scene in Garden of Allah
Images from the set of The Adventures of Robin Hood:
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Basil and archery expert Howard Hill
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with Errol Flynn, who is wearing a costume for a jousting scene that was later cut from the film.
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Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone looking over costume designs, 1938.

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Basil loved to film home movies

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Basil Rathbone, Una O'Connor and Olivia de Havilland

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The cast of Son of Frankenstein celebrate Boris Karloff's birthday, 1938, plus other photos from the set of "SOF":
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Rathbone, Karloff and Lugosi
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Basil, director Rowland Lee, and Karloff
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Basil, Karloff and Bela Lugosi

Basil and Boris

Boris and Basil eating birthday cake
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Basil, director Rowland Lee, and Karloff


Basil, director Rowland Lee, Bela Lugosi and Karloff


Bela Lugosi, Rathbone and Boris Karloff having a conference with director Rowland Lee


Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson and Basil Rathbone


Rathbone and Donnie Dunagan


Rathbone and Donnie Dunagan


Rathbone, Karloff and Donnie Dunagan


Basil and director Rowland Lee
 

getting hair styled for role of Disraeli in "Victoria Regina" (television)

getting hair styled for role of Disraeli
 
Fred Williams affixes a beard to Rathbone for role of Svengali in "Svengali and the Blonde" (television), July 1955.
   
   
   

 

 

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