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Basil Rathbone

June 13, 2019 By Cliff Aliperti

Basil Rathbone trading card

‘Shop by the Stars’ Immortal Ephemera Store aisle featuring Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) mini-biography, along with vintage movie collectibles for sale.

Filed Under: Store Mini-Bios Tagged With: Basil Rathbone

Freddie Bartholomew Complete Biography of the 1930’s MGM Child Star

August 18, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 30 Comments

Freddie Bartholomew 1936 MGM Studio Paper Premium Photo

The most complete Freddie Bartholomew biography in existence. Now a single entry, over 10,000 words with bibliography about MGM’s popular child star of the 1930’s. What happened to the star of David Copperfield, Little Lord Fauntleroy and Captains Courageous after he grew up? It’s all here.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: 20th Century-Fox, Anna Karenina, Basil Rathbone, Billy Halop, child star, child stars, Columbia, David Copperfield, David O Selznick, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lloyds of London, MGM, Professional Soldier, St Benny the Dip, The Devil Is a Sissy, The Plays the Thing, Tom Browns School Days, Universal, W.C. Fields, WPIX

Kind Lady (1935) Starring Aline MacMahon and Basil Rathbone

June 12, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Basil Rathbone in Kind Lady

A look at Kind Lady from origins as Hugh Walpole story The Silver Mask, through Edward Chodorov’s stage adaptation and both film versions, especially the earlier 1935 film starring Aline MacMahon and Basil Rathbone.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Aline MacMahon, barbara shields, Basil Rathbone, captives, Crime, Donald Meek, Doris Lloyd, Dudley Digges, Edward Chodorov, Eily Malyon, Frank Albertson, Frank Reicher, George B Seitz, Great Depression, Hugh Walpole, justine chase, Kind Lady, Mary Carlisle, MGM, Murray Kinnell, Nola Luxford, World War I

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935)

June 12, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Elizabeth Allan 1939 Gallaher Tobacco Card

A look at MGM’s 1935 production of the Charles Dickens classic David Copperfield starring Freddie Bartholomew and WC Fields. Includes notes and quotes from David O. Selznick and George Cukor about production and casting, a brief outline of the film and its many characters, the latter highlighted by a biography of of the obscure Lennox Pawle, who played Mr. Dick.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Adaptations, Basil Rathbone, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, David O Selznick, Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Elsa Lanchester, Frank Lawton, Freddie Bartholomew, George Cukor, Herbert Mundin, Jessie Ralph, Lennox Pawle, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Madge Evans, Maureen O'Sullivan, MGM, Nicholas Schenck, Roland Young, Una O'Connor, Violet Kemble Cooper, W.C. Fields

Captain Blood (1935) Action Energized by Errol Flynn and Korngold’s Score

August 12, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Ross Alexander in Captain Blood

A look at my own favorite action adventure movie of all time, Captain Blood starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, both in breakout roles. A tale of piracy, slavery, patriotism and romance, Korngold’s score keeps you cheering for Blood throughout.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, action, Adventures, Basil Rathbone, Captain Blood, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Errol Flynn, Guy Kibbee, J. Carroll Naish, J. Warren Kerrigan, Michael Curtiz, Olivia de Havilland, pirates, Rafael Sabatini, Robert Barrat, Ross Alexander

Ronald Colman stars in A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

March 26, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Blanche Yurka

Ronald Colman’s magnificent performance as Sydney Carton highlights MGM’s 1935 production of A Tale of Two Cities.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, A Tale of Two Cities, Adaptations, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Charles Dickens, David O Selznick, Donald Woods, Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, H.B. Warner, Henry B. Walthall, Historical, Isabel Jewell, Jack Conway, Jacques Tourneur, Lucille La Verne, MGM, Reginald Owen, Ronald Colman, Val Lewton

Philo Vance on TCM All Day – Here Are the Books

May 27, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Turner Classic Movies is airing Philo Vance movies all day Wednesday the 27th. We reply with a Vance Meld: bibliography + filmography.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: alan curtis, Basil Rathbone, Edmund Lowe, other books, Paul Lukas, Philo Vance, Warner Archive, Warren William, William Powell

Basil Rathbone by Scott D. O’Reilly

June 20, 2005 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Basil Rathbone 1938 Players Tobacco Card

A biography of film star Basil Rathbone accompanied by images of Basil Rathbone Movie Cards and Movie Collectibles.

Filed Under: Guest Authors, Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Basil Rathbone, Scott D OReilly




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