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Candid Photos, Page Three
Candid Photos taken at Rathbone parties
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The first eleven photographs on this page were taken at the Rathbone's Eleventh Wedding Anniversary party held at the Victor
Hugo Restaurant in Beverly Hills. Guests came dressed as famous
couples; Basil and Ouida were dressed as Emperor Franz Josef and
Empress Elizabeth of Austria. |
Ouida and Basil |
Ouida and Basil |
Basil greeting Marlene Dietrich |
Basil with Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Robinson
(dressed as Napoleon and Josephine) |
Guests at the party |
Basil and a young guest (Heather Angel?)
(photo by Charles Rhodes) |
Basil, with Dolores Del Rio and her husband
Cedric Gibbons (art director at MGM) |
Gene Raymond, Jeanette McDonald, Ouida and
Basil |
Basil, Cedric Gibbons, Dolores Del Rio, and Ouida |
Basil with "Father Time" |
Marlene Dietrich dressed as a bridegroom, with Ouida
and Basil Rathbone |
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Arthur Rubinstein's birthday party
from left: Mr. and Mrs. Rubinstein, Ouida Rathbone, the Grand
Duchess, Basil (behind her), Marlene Dietrich, and Heifitz |
Basil with George Jessel at a dinner. (Love the wall
fresco!) |
Below are four photos from the wedding of Basil's
son Rodion Rathbone to Caroline Fischer. |
Rodion Rathbone's wedding party: Ouida R., Mrs.
Cedric Frances, Constance Collier, Caroline and Rodion, Walter
Wurdeman, Cedric Frances and Basil Rathbone. |
Basil with son Rodion and his bride Caroline, 1938 |
Rodion Rathbone's wedding dinner: Caroline, Rodion,
Ouida, Basil, Constance Collier, and Walter Wurdeman, 1938 |
Basil, with son Rodion and bride Caroline |
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Basil and Ouida with Irving Thalberg and his wife
Norma Shearer at a party in the Venetian ballroom of the Beverly
Hills Hotel, July 1929. |
Basil Rathbone and Norma Shearer at a party in the
Beverly Hills Hotel, July 1929 |
Canapes, anyone? |
Seated: Mary Pickford, Buddy Rogers, Jeannette MacDonald,
Gene Raymond, Mrs. Allan Jones
Standing: Ouida, Harold Lloyd, Mrs. Lloyd, Basil, Allan Jones |
Basil having a good time with Miriam Hopkins
and others |
Basil with Mrs. and Mr. Allan Jones, Jeanette
MacDonald and Gene Raymond |
Basil with Baroness Natvarry and Max Rhinehart
at a dinner party in honor of Max |
Basil with friends at a party. Couple on right
are Jeanette McDonald and Gene Raymond. |
Basil, kissing the hand of the Grand Duchess Marie
of Russia |
Rathbone pouring champagne for guests Dolores Del
Rio, Gary Cooper and Lili Damita |
Hedy Lamarr chats with Basil, Mary Lee Epling
Hartford, and her fiancé Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
Another pic of Hedy Lamarr, Basil, Mary Lee Epling
Hartford, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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Rathbone with Olivia DeHavilland, David Niven, Nigel Bruce and Errol
Flynn |
Marlene Dietrich dancing with host Basil at a 1939 party the
Rathbones gave in honor of Arthur Rubenstein. David O. Selznick can
be seen in the background. |
Seated: Heather Angel, Merle Oberon, Ouida, Mabel Webb (Clifton
Webb's mother)
Standing: Basil, David Niven, Gregory Ratoff (director) |
Guests at Clifton Webb's home in Hollywood (same as
at left) |
close-ups of Basil from above photos |
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Annabella, Basil, Ouida, and Tyrone Power at a Hollywood Guild
benefit ball hosted by Ouida, 1939
Photo from Los Angeles Bureau World Wide Photos |
Basil Rathbone welcomes Annabella to a charity ball
hosted by the Rathbones. Her escort Tyrone Power Jr. looks on.
(1939) |
Leslie Howard and Rathbone |
with Charlie Chaplin |
Rathbone, with Annabelle (Mrs. Tyrone Power), Charles Chaplin and Arthur
Rubinstein |
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