The Basil Rathbone Gallery: Candid Photos


Socialites and film folk at the Robin Hood Archery Tournament in Palm Springs. Basil Rathbone (in light pants) presented the trophy to the winner. Picture, left to right, are James Cagney, ?, Howard Hill (archery expert and host of the event), Rathbone, Alice Gwynne Preston, and friend.	Maureen O'Sullivan and Olivia de Havilland picking Basil's pockets for a charity
Rathbone and George Houston on golf course, 1936 Photo by Julian P. Graham	Guy Charrington, Mrs. Gladys Quarre Peabody, and Basil Rathbone at a party given by Mrs. Peabody at the Mark Hopkins, March 31, 1939.
Rathbone practicing his fencing	Glamour was tossed out the window by Marlene Dietrich, when a brief but furious rainstorm occurred in the midst of more than 100-degree heat at the studio where she is making a film comeback. She is shown as she went outside to wet her bare toes in the streaming gutter. The man in the Gandhi-like costume with her is Basil Rathbone, known usually for his sartorial correctness. Sept. 22, 1939 (AP Wirephoto)
1938	with Freddie Bartholomew
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Rathbone pictured on their arrival at Grand Central Station, New York City, en route to London, where the noted screen actor will play in a British made film. 8/18/1936 Acme Newspictures	Rathbone and ? read The Tatler.
Left to right: Ivan Lebedeff, unidentified woman, Cesar Romero, Anna May Wong, and Basil Rathbone	Doug Fairbanks Jr. and Basil Rathbone

Seven pictures below show Basil Rathbone hunting boar with Howard Hill, famous archery expert. The hunt took place near Chico, California, while on location for The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Rathbone and Hill sight their quarry.	They approach the dying boar carefully.
Dragging the 270-pound boar back.	Examining the tusks of the boar.
Examining the boar.	Rathbone congratulates Hill on his prowess in killing the boar.
Dogs, which were used in trailing the boar, were owned and trained by Walter Woodward and Lee Richardson (left).

Five photos below show Basil Rathbone practicing for his appearance with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra on March 29, 1939. Rathbone read Lord Byron's "Manfred" to the accompaniment of the orchestra at the Civic Auditorium.