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Rathbone horsing around with his makeup man,
1939 |
Ilona Massey surrounded by J. Edward Bromberg,
Nigel Bruce, and Basil Rathbone |
Marlene Dietrich and Rathbone getting hair fixed for
next scene in Garden of Allah |
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 |
Rathbone, Ellen Drew, and director Tim Whelan
on the set of The Mad Doctor |
When Basil Rathbone and Director Tim Whelan sought to
exercise a little hypnotism on Ellen Drew on the set, it backfired.
To insure her concentration the two experimenters bite her hands.
Paramount photo by Talmage Morrison |
When Sabu, the "Elephant Boy" of Korda films, visited
Hollywood recently, he was invited to the set of Paramount's The
Mad Doctor by Director Tim Whelan, an old friend of the actor.
Coconuts were on stage for a bazaar scene, so Sabu introduced Basil
Rathbone, Ellen Drew and Whelan to his favorite delicacy, fresh
coconut. Paramount photo by C. Kenneth Lobben, 1941. |
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 |
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Rathbone rehearsing on the set of Confession
(photo by Madison Lacy) |
a candid shot of Rathbone and Veda Ann Borg on the
set of Confession |
Rathbone making home movies of Jane Bryan on the set of Confession |
Rathbone and Jane Bryan on the set of Confession |
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| Images
from the set of The Adventures of Robin Hood: |
Basil and archery expert Howard Hill |
with Errol Flynn, who is wearing a costume for a
jousting scene that was later cut from the film. |
Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone looking over costume designs,
1938. |
Basil loved to film home movies |
Basil Rathbone, Una O'Connor and Olivia de
Havilland |
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Basil Rathbone and Olivia de
Havilland |
a photo of the cast |
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| The cast of
Son of Frankenstein
celebrate Boris Karloff's birthday, 1938, plus other photos
from the set of "SOF": |
Rathbone, Karloff and Lugosi |
Basil, director Rowland Lee, and Karloff |
Basil, Karloff and Bela Lugosi |
Basil and Boris |
Boris and Basil eating birthday cake |
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 |
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getting hair styled for role of Disraeli in "Victoria
Regina" (television) |
getting hair styled for role of Disraeli |
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Fred Williams affixes a beard to Rathbone for role of Svengali in "Svengali
and the Blonde" (television), July 1955. |
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