Above Suspicion 1943  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Owen, Richard Ainley, Cecil Cunningham, Ann Shoemaker, Felix Bressart, Sara Haden
Newlyweds (Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray) are honeymooning in Europe when World War II breaks out. The British Secret Service recruits them to find plans for a secret weapon, and as they become involved in espionage they travel from Paris to Salzburg on a trip filled with intrigue.
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949  G, 68 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney
Cast: Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, Eric Blore, J. Pat O'Malley, Colin(2) Campbell, Claud Allister, John McLeish, Leslie Denison, Campbell Grant, Edmond Stevens, Alec Harford, The Rhythmaires
Two classic tales, Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" and Washington Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" are retold in this animated Disney film. Basil Rathbone narrates "The Wind in the Willows" in which Mr. Toad (voice of Eric Blore) loves motorcars, and Mole (voice of Colin Campbell) and Rat (voice of Claud Allister) try unsuccessfully to lock him up so he cannot steal a car. Bing Crosby narrates "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," which involves the story of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane who tries to win the love of Katrina and keep her away from Brom Bones.
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Adventures of Marco Polo 1938  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Ernest Truex, Alan Hale, Binnie Barnes, Ward Bond, Lana Turner, Robert Greig, H.B. Warner, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Henry Kolker, Stanley Fields
When 13th-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) arrives in China on a trade mission, he falls in love with Princess Kukachen (Sigrid Gurie). But, the conniving Prime Minister Ahmed (Basil Rathbone) wants the princess for himself and schemes to have Marco Polo temporarily banished by sending him to the outlands, which are controlled by the bandit Kaidu (Alan Hale). When Marco Polo meets Kaidu, the two join forces to save Princess Kukachen's father, Kublai Kahn (George Barbier). To achieve their goal, they use gunpowder, and by story's end, Marco Polo and Princess Kukachen are on their way to Persia.
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 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Ian Hunter, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Montagu Love, Robert Noble, Leonard Willey, Kenneth Hunter
Errol Flynn IS Robin Hood. Romance blooms between Robin and Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland) in the midst of sweeping sword fights in Sherwood Forest as Robin leads his band of merry men against Prince John (Claude Rains) and his efforts to tax the poor. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
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 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshal, George Zucco, Terry Kilburn, Henry Stephenson, E.E. Clive, Arthur Hohl, Mary Gordon, Holmes Herbert, Mary Forbes, May Beatty, Frank Dawson, Peter Willes
Clever detective Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his faithful cohort, Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce), are trying to foil an attempt by Professor Moriarty (George Zucco) to steal England's Crown Jewels. When Moriarty sends a death threat to socialite Ann Brandon (Ida Lupino), Holmes and Watson are sidetracked while Moriarty goes on with his plot to steal the jewels. Now, Holmes and Watson must split up to prevent murder as well as the theft.
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Anna Karenina 1935 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Basil Rathbone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Reginald Denny, Dennis O'Keefe, May Robson, Reginald Owen, Joan Marsh
Greta Garbo takes on the title role in this film, which tells Leo Tolstoy's story about a woman who gives up everything to be with Count Vronsky (Fredric March); but happiness is elusive.
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Bathing Beauty 1944 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil Rathbone, Bill Goodwin, Harry James, Xavier Cugat, Margaret Dumont, Jean Porter, Donald Meek, Ann Codee
College girl Caroline Brooks (Esther Williams) meets and falls in love with a songwriter, Steve Elliott (Red Skelton); however, she still spends as much time as possible swimming in her pool.
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The Bishop Murder Case 1930  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis, Carroll Nye, George F. Marion, Bodil Rosing, Delmer Daves, Charles Quatermaine, Zelda Sears
The body of "Cock Robin" is discovered with an arrow through his heart. He is one of a series of murder victims in which the killer leaves nursery rhymes in his wake. Detective Philo Vance (Basil Rathbone) goes to work and finds the psychopathic killer.
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 The Black Cat 1941 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Comedy
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi, Gale Sondergaard, Anne Gwynne, Gladys Cooper, Alan Ladd, Claire Dodd, John Eldredge, Cecilia Loftus
When cat-loving dowager Henrietta Winslow (Cecilia Loftus) dies, her greedy relatives converge on her haunted mansion for the reading of her will looking for their fortunes. Now, they must deal with screams in the night and hidden passages.
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The Black Sleep 1956 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Akim Tamiroff, John Carradine, Tor Johnson, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Phyllis Stanley, Claire Carleton
To rescue his wife from her catatonic state, a mad scientist performs human brain transplants in his remote castle. Dull material for this good horror cast.
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 Captain Blood 1935 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson, Donald Meek, J. Carrol Naish, Hobart Cavanaugh
This film represents the first teaming of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland and made them both stars. Surgeon Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) rebels against England's James II who deports him as a slave to the West Indies where he is purchased by Colonel Bishop (Lionel Atwill). Set free, Blood falls in love with Bishop's niece, Arabella (Olivia de Havilland), and he turns to piracy as part of his fight against slavery. This Hal Wallis film was nominated for an Oscar.
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Casanova's Big Night 1954  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone, Hugh Marlowe, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Burr, Frank Puglia
Pippo (Bob Hope) is a mere tailor's apprentice who is mistaken for the notorious lover, Casanova, and is called on to test the fidelity of a young lady of the court.
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The Comedy of Terrors 1964 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Joyce Jameson, Joe E. Brown, Beverly Powers, Basil Rathbone, Alan DeWitt, Douglas Williams, Buddy Mason, Linda Rogers, Luree Holmes, Orangey, Paul Barselou
Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price) runs the funeral parlor that his senile father-in-law Amos Hinchley (Boris Karloff) owns. The funeral parlor needs more customers if it is going to stay in business. Waldo's solution is to kill a few people whose services will then help pay the rent. Now, Waldo and his inept assistant Felix Gillie (Peter Lorre) start sneaking into homes at night and killing people. The plan works–but when they try, again and again, to poison Waldo's father-in-law, he just will not stay dead.
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Confession 1937 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joe May
Cast: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Jane Bryan, Donald Crisp, Mary Maguire, Robert Barrat, Dorothy Peterson, Laura Hope Crews, Ben Welden
When Vera's (Kay Francis) daughter, Lisa (Jane Bryan), becomes involved with an evil man (Basil Rathbone) from her own past, murder is the result with Vera confessing to the crime.
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The Court Jester 1956  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Mildred Natwick, Cecil Parker, Edward Ashley, Robert Middleton, John Carradine, Alan Napier, Michael Pate, Herbert Rudley, Lewis Martin, Patrick Aherne
Danny Kaye is at his best as the medieval court jester who tries to restore the rightful king to his throne. 1 User Review
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 Crossroads 1942 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor, Basil Rathbone, Felix Bressart, Margaret Wycherly, Reginald Owen, Sig Ruman, Fritz Leiber, Frank Conroy
This American version of the original French film takes place in pre-World War II France where an amnesia victim (William Powell) is convinced by the actual perpetrators (Basil Rathbone and Claire Trevor) that he was the one who committed murder.
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David Copperfield 1935 N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: W.C. Fields, Freddie Bartholomew, Frank Lawton, Elizabeth Allan, Basil Rathbone, Roland Young, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Madge Evans, Edna May Oliver
Mr. Mudstone (Basil Rathbone), Wikins Micawber (W.C. Fields), and Uriah Heap (Roland Young) are all there as David Copperfield starts out as a poor boy and grows up to be a wealthy man in London. The young David is played by Freddie Bartholomew, while Frank Lawton plays the older David.
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 The Dawn Patrol 1938 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Barry Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Melville Cooper, Carl Esmond, Peter Willes, Morton Lowry, Michael Brooke
In this remake of the 1930 film, Basil Rathbone plays the squadron commander who must send young British World War I aviators to their possible deaths.
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 Dressed to Kill 1946 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
aka: Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmund Breon, Frederick Worlock, Carl Harbord, Tom Dillon, Mary Gordon, Ian Wolfe, Harry Cording, Patricia Cameron, Holmes Herbert, Leyland Hodgson, Wallace Scott, Olaf Hytten
In this last Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, they track down stolen engraving plates from the Bank of England. A convicted thief has hidden the location of the stolen plates inside music boxes Innocent people buy the boxes and are then murdered. Now, Holmes tries to locate the last box to discover its hidden secrets and stop the murders.
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A Feather in Her Hat 1935 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Pauline Lord, Louis Hayward, Basil Rathbone, Billie Burke, Wendy Barrie, Thurston Hall, J.M. Kerrigan, David Niven, Victor Varconi, Nydia Westman
In an attempt to ensure her son (Louis Hayward) a better chance in life, Clarissa Phipps (Pauline Lord) falsifies his identity to make it appear that he did not come from a humble heritage.
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Fingers at the Window 1942 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lederer
Cast: Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone, Walter Kingsford, Miles Mander, Charles D. Brown, Cliff Clark, James Flavin, William Tannen, Russell Hicks
Oliver Duffy (Lew Ayres) and his girlfriend, Edwina Brown (Laraine Day), sleuth out an axe-murderer who tried to kill Edwina.
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Frenchman's Creek 1944 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Cordova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Billy Daniels, Cecil Kellaway, Ralph Forbes, Mary Field, George Kirby, David Clyde
Escaping from an unhappy relationship, Dona St. Columb (Joan Fontaine) falls into the arms of a French pirate (Arturo de Cordova).
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The Garden of Allah 1936  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Basil Rathbone, Charles Boyer, C. Aubrey Smith, John Carradine, Tilly Losch, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry Brandon, Lucile Watson, Helen Jerome Eddy
Set in Algeria, this is the story of a monk, Boris Androvsky, who has forsaken his calling and settles into a marriage with Domini Enfilden (Marlene Dietrich). He begins to question the wisdom of his choice.
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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini 1966 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Aron Kincaid, Quinn O'Hara, Nancy Sinatra, Claudia Martin, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Francis X. Bushman, Patsy Kelly
This final "Beach Party" movie has our wholesome group of surfers holed up in a haunted house where they meet some bizarre characters from past horror films. Some old-timers make it watchable for film buffs.
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Heartbeat 1946 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Adolphe Menjou, Basil Rathbone, Melville Cooper, Mikhail Rasumny, Eduardo Ciannelli, Mona Maris, Henry Stephenson, Ivan Lebedeff, Bess Flowers, Torben Meyer
After escaping from a reform school, Ariette (Ginger Rogers) returns to the life of a pickpocket in Paris. Now, she plies her trade on a young diplomat (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and ends up falling in love with him.
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House 1967 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Ferlin Husky, Joi Lansing, Don Bowman, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Basil Rathbone, Molly Bee, Merle Haggard, Sonny James
In this sequel to "Las Vegas Hillbillies," two Country/Western singers (Ferlin Husky and Joi Lansing) head for Nashville, but along the way they stop for the night in a creepy old mansion.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes, Morton Lowry, E.E. Clive, Mary Gordon, Barlowe Borland, Beryl Mercer, Eily Malyon, Lionel Pape, Nigel De Brulier
For the first time on film, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce take on their roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. A huge hound has been killing the Baskervilles, and, following the killing of Sir Charles Baskerville, Holmes and Watson are given the job of solving the murder when the deceased's nephew, Sir Henry Baskerville (Richard Greene), calls on them to for help. Holmes sends Dr. Watson to the Baskerville estate to investigate. Meanwhile, Holmes, under disguise, monitors events at the estate and encounters more than a few mysteries before solving the crime.
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The House of Fear 1945 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather, Dennis Hoey, Paul Cavanagh, Holmes Herbert, Harry Cording, Sally Shepherd, Gavin Muir, David Clyde
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are on the trail of the solution to a number of murders of guests at a Scottish mansion.
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If I Were King 1938 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, Henry Wilcoxon, Sidney Toler, Paul Harvey, Heather Thatcher, Stanley Ridges, Walter Kingsford
Poet Francois Villon (Ronald Colman) and Louis XI (Basil Rathbone) match wits as Louis grants Villon one week as a grand constable before enacting his sentence of death.
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International Lady 1941 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: George Brent, Ilona Massey, Basil Rathbone, Gene Lockhart, George Zucco, Clayton Moore, Francis Pierlot, Martin Kosleck, Charles D. Brown, Marjorie Gateson
U.S. espionage agent Tom Hanley (George Brent) falls in love with Carle Nillson (Ilona Massey). She is really a spy for Hitler and is transmitting information on enemy activity to German U-Boats in the Atlantic.
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone, John(2) Wood, Louis Calhern, David Holt, Frank Conroy, Ward Bond, John Davidson, Edward Van Sloan
This film, about a gladiator's love for a Christian girl in ancient Pompeii, culminates in the volcanic eruption that destroyed the city.
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The Last Hurrah 1958 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp, James Gleason, John Carradine, Edward Brophy, Dianne Foster, Wallace Ford, Willis Bouchey, Basil Ruysdael, Ricardo Cortez, Frank McHugh, Carleton Young
Politics in big cities is the theme of this compelling story, which is based on the tenure of Boston Mayor James Curley. Mayor Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) tries to assist the people of his city and even deals in corruption to achieve his goal. When banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone) refuses to give Skeffington a loan, Skeffington uses his political clout and blackmails Cass into giving him the money. Skeffington's nephew, reporter Adam Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter), admires Skeffington, but even he cannot ignore the devious methods employed by his uncle to achieve success. This film is well worth watching for anyone interested in the inner-workings of U.S. politics and for the great job by the seasoned cast.
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney 1929 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Norma Shearer, George Barraud, Basil Rathbone, Herbert Bunston, Hedda Hopper, Moon Carroll, Madeline Seymour, Cyril Chadwick
An exclusive band of jewel thieves work among the elite of London society. Mrs. Cheyney (Norma Shearer), one of the members, is caught by Lord Arthur Dilling (Basil Rathbone) who, instead of turning her over to the authorities, marries her.
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The Mad Doctor 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, John Howard, Barbara Jo Allen, Kitty Kelly, Ralph Morgan, Martin Kosleck, Hugh O'Connell, Hugh Sothern, George Chandler
Doctor George Sebastian (Basil Rathbone) marries women for their money, but he is finally tripped up by a newsman, Gil Sawyer (John Howard), when he plans to marry his next victim (Vera Vague).
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The Magic Sword 1962 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Anne Helm, Estelle Winwood, Gary Lockwood, Liam Sullivan, John Mauldin, Vampira, Angelo Rossitto, Richard Kiel, Leroy Johnson
Wizard Lodac (Basil Rathbone) places spells on Princess Helene (Anne Helm), but a gallant knight, St. George (Gary Lockwood), comes to her rescue.
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Make a Wish 1937 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Bobby Breen, Marion Claire, Ralph Forbes, Henry Armetta, Leon Errol, Donald Meek, Billy Lee, Leonid Kinskey, Herbert Rawlinson, Richard Tucker, Johnny Arthur, Barbara Barondess, Spencer Charters, Lillian Harmer
Young singing prodigy Chip (Bobby Breen) attends a summer camp where he is befriended by composer Selden (Basil Rathbone) who has lost his creative inspiration. When Chip reads letters from his widowed mother Irene (Marion Claire) to Selden, her words give him that needed inspiration to write a new opera. Irene stars in the opera and falls in love with Selden, and Chip gets a new father.
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 The Mark of Zorro 1940 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Western / Romance
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, J. Edward Bromberg, Eugene Pallette, Montagu Love, George Regas, Janet Beecher, Robert Lowery, Chris-Pin Martin, Bell Mitchell, Eugene Borden, Frank Puglia, John Bleifer
Don Diego Vega (Tyrone Power) is an aristocrat who returns to California in the early 1800s and fights the injustice of dictator Don Luis Quintero (J. Edward Bromberg) and his henchman Capt. Pasquale (Basil Rathbone) who are now ruling the district after displacing Don Diego's father Don Alejandro (Montagu Love) as governor. Don Diego is in love with Quintero's niece, Lolita (Linda Darnell), but he dons his mask and becomes Zorro, fighting against Quintero's corruption and leaving his mark as he battles for justice. Lots of fun and adventure.
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Paris Calling 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Elisabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Lee J. Cobb, Charles Arnt, Eduardo Ciannelli, Elisabeth Risdon, Georges Renavent, William Edmunds
The courage of a Frenchwoman, Marianne (Elisabeth Bergner), who joins the Resistance movement during World War II, is depicted in this insightful film about espionage used to inhibit Nazi control of Paris.
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 The Pearl of Death 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Evelyn Ankers, Holmes Herbert, Mary Gordon, Richard Nugent, Ian Wolfe, Miles Mander, Billy Bevan
This film was adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Six Napoleons." The story involves the plot to steal a $250,000 pearl and how Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) get to the bottom of the matter.
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Private Number 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Robert Taylor, Loretta Young, Patsy Kelly, Basil Rathbone, Paul Harvey, Monroe Owsley, George Irving, John Miljan, Jane Darwell, Marjorie Gateson, Joe E. Lewis
Richard Winfield (Robert Taylor) falls in love with, and marries, his mother's household servant, Ellen (Loretta Young). Then, to protect the family's social status, they keep the marriage secret.
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Pursuit to Algiers 1945 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Mystery
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Riordan, Rosalind Ivan, Martin Kosleck, John Abbott, Morton Lowry, Frederick Worlock, Gerald Hamer, Rex Evans, Leslie Vincent, William "Wee Willie" Davis, Wilson Benge, Tom Dillon, Sven Hugo Borg
While sailing from London to Algiers, Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) protect a prince, Far Eastern regent Nikolas (Leslie Vincent), on his trip home following his father's assassination. Nikolas is disguised as Watson's son in an effort to confuse possible assassins who are on Nikolas' trail. As luck would have it, the assassins are among the passengers, and Holmes must weed out the good passengers from the bad.
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Queen of Blood 1966 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
aka: Planet of Blood
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: John Saxon, Basil Rathbone, Judi Meredith, Dennis Hopper, Florence Marly, Robert Boon, Virgil Frye, Don Eitner, J. Robert Porter, Forrest J Ackerman
This eerie sci-fi offering is about the rescue of an alien who turns out to be a vampire bee-queen whose eggs could develop into forces that could destroy unwary Earthlings.
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Rhythm on the River 1940 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone, Oscar Levant, John Scott Trotter, Charley Grapewin, William Frawley, Jeanne Cagney, Charles(2) Lane, Pierre Watkin
Ghostwriters Bob (Bing Crosby) and Cherry (Mary Martin) have been in the employ of music composer Oliver Courtney (Basil Rathbone). They fall in love and start writing in their own names. Naturally, they come up with a hit, but the story of their efforts is entertaining.
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Romeo and Juliet 1936 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Andy Devine, Reginald Denny, Ralph Forbes, Henry Kolker
This is a good version of Shakespeare's tragedy about star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet (Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer). Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actress (Shearer), and Supporting Actor (Basil Rathbone).
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 The Scarlet Claw 1944 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Hohl, Ian Wolfe, Miles Mander, David Clyde, Olaf Hytten, Victoria Horne, Kay Harding, George Kirby, Clyde Fillmore, Eric Wilton
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) travel to Canada to investigate murders in which the victims' throats have been ripped out. Residents tell Holmes that a legendary monster haunts the area, and they believe that the monster has been killing their neighbors. But, Holmes suspects that the killer is an actor, Potts (Gerald Hamer), who is a master of disguises, and Holmes sets a trap to identify the killer. One of Rathbone's and Bruce's very best.
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 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Kaaren Verne, Holmes Herbert, Mary Gordon, Dennis Hoey, Harry Woods, Paul Fix, William Post Jr., Henry Victor, Michael Mark, George Burr Macannan, Harry Cording, Leslie Denison
This Sherlock Holmes film has been updated to the early 1940s and involves espionage and Gestapo intrigue. Dr. Franz Tobel (William Post, Jr.) has devised a secret weapon, and with World War II looming, the Nazis and the Allies are racing to get control of Tobel's weapon. When Tobel disappears, Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) investigate and find that Holmes' old nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill), is behind the plot.
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 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Reginald Denny, Montagu Love, Henry Daniell, Thomas Gomez, Olaf Hytten, Lon Chaney Jr., Leyland Hodgson
Set in World War II Europe, this story involves efforts to stop a Nazi radio broadcast whose propaganda is throwing terror into the hearts of courageous Britons.
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 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Dennis Hoey, Milburn Stone, Halliwell Hobbes, Mary Gordon, Gavin Muir, Gerald Hamer, Vernon Downing
Based on Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Musgrave Ritual," Basil Rathbone plays Sherlock Holmes who solves the mystery surrounding murders at the Musgrave estate. Look for young Peter Lawford in a bit part.
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington 1943 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Lord, Henry Daniell, George Zucco, Holmes Herbert, John Archer, Gavin Muir, Ian Wolfe, Thurston Hall
Filmed during World War II, this movie is about Nazi spies trying to get their hands on microfilm hidden in a matchbox. Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) sleuths out the villains.
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Sin Takes a Holiday 1930 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul L. Stein
Cast: Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, Basil Rathbone, Zasu Pitts, Rita La Roy, Louis John Bartels, John Roche, Kendall Lee, Muriel Finley, Judith Wood
After agreeing to a marriage of convenience, a young woman (Constance Bennett) is taught some lessons about the value of being true to oneself and must make some real decisions.
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Son of Frankenstein 1939 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Emma Dunn, Edgar Norton, Lionel Belmore, Lawrence Grant, Ward Bond, Donnie Dunagan, Perry Ivins, Michael Mark, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Caroline Frances Cooke
Doctor Victor Frankenstein's son, Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), returns to the gothic mansion with his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchins) and son Peter (Donnie Dunagan). Wolf assures his doubting neighbors that he is not like his father. But, when the evil blacksmith Ygor (Bela Lugosi) asks him to bring the Monster back to life, Wolf agrees, revives the Monster (Boris Karloff), and the madness continues. After the Monster kidnaps Peter, Wolf tracks him down and knocks the Monster into a sulfur pit. Will this finally be the end of the Monster?
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 The Spider Woman 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Mary Gordon, Vernon Downing, Alec Craig, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Logan, Harry Cording
Gale Sondergaard is the Spider Woman whose game is to drive gamblers to the point of suicide so that she can collect on their insurance. Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) puts an end to her evil deeds in this good episode.
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The Sun Never Sets 1939 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Barbara O'Neil, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, C. Aubrey Smith, Cecil Kellaway, Virginia Field, Melville Cooper, Mary Forbes, Theodore von Eltz
Two brothers, John (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Clive (Basil Rathbone), perform a patriotic act to prevent a war in Africa that threatens British colonies in the area.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1935 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Henry B. Walthall, Donald Woods, Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber, H.B. Warner, Mitchell Lewis, Claude Gillingwater, Billy Bevan, Lucille La Verne
This is the best film version of Charles Dickens' story of love and death during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. Ronald Colman takes on the role of weary London lawyer Sydney Carton who selflessly saves Charles Darnay (Donald Woods) from the guillotine by taking his place and allowing him to return to Lucie (Elizabeth Allan)–the woman who both men love. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Tales of Terror 1962 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget, Maggie Pierce, Edmund Cobb, Joyce Jameson, Wally Campo, Lennie Weinrib, Leona Gage
This compilation of three Edgar Allen Poe stories is presented with Vincent Price in the leading role for each story. Included are "Morella," "The Black Cat," and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar."
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Terror by Night 1946 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey, Mary Forbes, Billy Bevan, Frederick Worlock, Leyland Hodgson, Harry Cording, Skelton Knaggs, Renee Godfrey, Geoffrey Steele, Janet Murdoch, Gerald Hammer, Boyd Davis
Lady Margaret Carstairs (Mary Forbes) and her son Roland (Geoffrey Steele) are on a train heading for Scotland, and she has hired Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to guard the "Star of Rhodesia" diamond that she is carrying with her. Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) and Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) are helping Holmes protect the diamond. Holmes switches diamonds with Margaret, but after Roland is killed, and the fake diamond is stolen, Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade set out to solve the mystery.
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Tovarich 1937 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Basil Rathbone, Charles Boyer, Anita Louise, Melville Cooper, Isabel Jeans, Maurice Murphy, Morris Carnovsky, Gregory Gaye, Montagu Love
After fleeing Russia during the revolution, a couple (Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer) arrives in Paris and find employment as domestic servants. They have with them a fortune from the czar, but their honesty prevents them from using it for their own comforts.
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Tower of London 1939 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neil, Ian Hunter, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton, Leo G. Carroll, Miles Mander, Lionel Belmore
Evil King Richard III (Basil Rathbone) gains the kingdom of England through executions and tortures in the Tower of London. Remade in 1962.
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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet 1965 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Marc Shannon, Christopher Brand, John Bix, Lewis Keane, Gennadi Vernov, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Georgi Tejkh, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Yuri Sarantsev
Set during 2020, this sci-fi story features a futuristic trip to Venus by spaceships Vega, Sirius, and Capella. Before they reach Venus, an asteroid collides with Capella, but Vega and Sirius continue on. While orbiting Venus, Vega sends Dr. Kern (Georgi Tejkh), Allen Sherman (Yuri Sarantsev), and the robot John (John Bix) down to the planet. Once on Venus, they lose communication with Professor Hartman (Basil Rathbone) and cosmonaut Marsha Evans (Faith Domergue) who have remained behind on Vega. Sirius does land on Venus, and Commander Lockhart, Andre Ferneau, and Hans Walter (Vladimir Yemelyan, Gennadi Vernov, and Georgi Zhzhyonov) set out to find Kern and Sherman while trying to exist in the mayhem provided by wild beasts and an erupting volcano. From evidence found on Venus, the cosmonauts conclude that human beings had lived on Venus but destroyed themselves through nuclear warfare.
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We're No Angels 1955 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carroll, Lea Penman, Gloria Talbott, Paul Newlan, Torben Meyer, John Baer, John Smith, Joe Ploski, Ross Gould, Victor Romito
Three Devil's Island convicts–Joseph, Albert, and Jules (Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov)–escape and take refuge with the Ducotel family (Leo G. Carroll, Joan Bennett, and Gloria Talbott). While living with the Ducotels, the ex-cons protect the family from evil Uncle Andre Trochard (Basil Rathbone) who threatens the family with eviction after auditing the books of the store he owns that the Ducotels manage. The convicts contemplate murdering Trochard, but Albert's pet poisonous snake does the job for them. Now the Ducotels inherit the store and Trochard's fortune. The convicts have solved the family's problems except for finding a mate for Isabelle (Talbott), but soon that problem will be solved, and the convicts will have done their "good" deeds.
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The Woman in Green 1945 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Hillary Brooke, Nigel Bruce, Henry Daniell, Mary Gordon, Paul Cavanagh, Matthew Boulton, Frederick Worlock, Olaf Hytten, Billy Bevan, Eve Amber, Coulter Irwin, Sally Shepherd, Colin Hunter, Leslie Denison
With severed fingers of women murder victims for clues, Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) investigate, and the trail leads to a mysterious hypnotist, Lydia (Hillary Brooke). They follow their logic and uncover blackmail and hypnosis that are part of a plot by Lydia and Holmes' nemesis, Moriarty (Henry Daniell).
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| 1. Above Suspicion (1943)
2. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
3. Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
4. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
5. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
6. Anna Karenina (1935)
7. Bathing Beauty (1944)
8. The Bishop Murder Case (1930)
9. The Black Cat (1941)
10. The Black Sleep (1956)
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
11. Captain Blood (1935)
12. Casanova's Big Night (1954)
13. The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
14. Confession (1937)
15. The Court Jester (1956)
16. Crossroads (1942)
17. David Copperfield (1935)
18. The Dawn Patrol (1938)
19. Dressed to Kill (1946)
aka: Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill
20. A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
21. Fingers at the Window (1942)
22. Frenchman's Creek (1944)
23. The Garden of Allah (1936)
24. The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
25. Heartbeat (1946)
26. Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
27. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
28. The House of Fear (1945)
29. If I Were King (1938)
30. International Lady (1941)
31. Kind Lady (1936)
32. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
33. The Last Hurrah (1958)
34. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
35. Love from a Stranger (1937)
36. The Mad Doctor (1941)
37. The Magic Sword (1962)
38. Make a Wish (1937)
39. The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
40. The Mark of Zorro (1940)
41. Paris Calling (1941)
42. The Pearl of Death (1944)
43. Private Number (1936)
44. Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
45. Queen of Blood (1966)
aka: Planet of Blood
46. Rhythm on the River (1940)
47. Rio (1939)
48. Romeo and Juliet (1936)
49. The Scarlet Claw (1944)
50. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
51. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
52. Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
53. Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
54. Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
55. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
56. The Spider Woman (1944)
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman
57. The Sun Never Sets (1939)
58. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
59. Tales of Terror (1962)
60. Terror by Night (1946)
61. Tovarich (1937)
62. Tower of London (1939)
63. Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
64. We're No Angels (1955)
65. The Woman in Green (1945)
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