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Basil Rathbone
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| Artist Erick
Erickson has enhanced this mask of Rathbone's face by sculpting the
eyes open, and adding ears, hair, eyebrows, an ascot (on the neck)
and deerstalker hat, to show Rathbone in his most famous role as
Sherlock Holmes. The mask is a 1 to 1 full scale cast, 12 inches by
7 inches, signed and numbered by the artist. Want to own this mask? Contact Erick Erickson. Mention you saw it at www.basilrathbone.net when you order and get free hanging hardware. |
  Mask is $49.99 and shipping (in the USA) is about $14.00. |
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| This mask of
Rathbone has sculpturally added ears, hair and eyebrows. It is a 1
to 1 full scale cast, 10.5 by 6 inches. Created by artist Erick
Erickson, this mask and the Sherlock Holmes one above are both cast
in Ultra-Cal casting cement, finished in Silver Screen Silver, then
rubbed with an Antiquing overlay to bring out the detail, and
finally sealed to preserve it. You can own this mask, too! Contact Erick Erickson. Mention basilrathbone.net when you order and get free hanging hardware. |
  Mask is $34.99 and shipping (in the USA) is about $11.00. |
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| The casting for this mask was taken in 1942 for "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon," the second in the Universal Studios Holmes series with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The "old bookseller" disguise make-up (from the opening scenes of the film) was developed using this mask. The mask is sealed, painted with four metallic colors, then sealed again. To buy this mask, visit The Haunted Studios. |
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| The three lifemasks below are all made from a casting taken in 1939 at Universal Studios for "Son of Frankenstein." (I cannot, however, think of any scene in that film in which Rathbone wore a disguise or a make-up appliance. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff of course wore make-up.) These three lifemasks have finishes in different colors. | ||
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 © Haunted Studios used by permission |
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 A life size hollow-backed white plaster lifecast. |
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| This life cast of Basil Rathbone was taken in the 1960s. The eyes were sculpted open and hair was added after casting. |
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| This is a "face plate" poured from a mold of Rathbone's face. Similar to a lifemask, the face plate shows only part of the face. |
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