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A close-up from a poster for Love From a Stranger |
A closeup of Rathbone from a poster for Love
From a Stranger |
Detail from a poster for A
Night of Terror (aka Love From a Stranger) |
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Above and below: a series of poster
sketches for A Night of Terror (aka Love From a Stranger) |
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This wonderful sketch by Jack Davis appeared on the cover of
the June 1972 issue of Flashback |
This
color litho caricature drawing by Bob Harman features legendary Hollywood actors and actresses.
Basil Rathbone and Errol Flynn, in a scene from "The
Adventures of Robin Hood," can be found at the top center of
the picture, which is from the 1971 book Bob Harman’s
Hollywood Panorama.
Click here to see a close-up of just Flynn
and Rathbone. |
Rathbone as Scrooge in the 1958 version of "A
Christmas Carol" (from the cover of the "Tales of
Dickens" videotape) |
Rathbone as Scrooge on the cover of the "Tales of
Dickens" video |
A drawing of Scrooge from the cover of
"The Stingiest Man in Town" soundtrack. Rathbone played
Scrooge. |
by Feg Murray, 1938 |
Basil gets stabbed in Frenchman's
Creek, by Feg Murray, 1944 |
a scene from The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Feg
Murray |
an elderly Rathbone, by Lisa |
Rathbone and Jack Carson in a promo ad for the TV
program "Huck Finn" |
a 1929 drawing of Rathbone by Jerome Zerbe |
A drawing by Hirschfeld, Rathbone in Witness for
the Prosecution |
Publicity artwork by Kroll, for the 1958 film "The
Last Hurrah" pictures Spencer Tracy with Basil Rathbone,
Diane Foster, James Gleason, Jeffrey Hunter and Edward Brophy. |
The cast of the television musical "Aladdin": Sal
Mineo as Aladdin with his magic lamp, surrounded (clockwise
from left) by Cyril Ritchard as the Magician, Basil Rathbone as the
Emperor, Dennis King as the Astrologer, and Anna Maria Alberghetti
as the Emperor's daughter |
a caricature by Frueh, picturing Patricia Collinge,
Basil Rathbone, and Wendy Hiller, from The Heiress |
1955 drawing by Haessler |
a drawing by Henry Major |
painting by J. Lether |
painting by J. Lether
Anyone wishing to have a signed 8x10 copy of this painting may
contact the artist at
JRLether@aol.com. Cost is $15. |
painting by J. Lether
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Another painting by J. Lether |
a drawing by John Raitt, 1938 (also autographed by Rathbone) |
Basil Rathbone and Ann Harding in Love from a
Stranger,
a caricature by Robert Stewart Sherriff, 1937
from the National Portrait Gallery, London |
a caricature of Rathbone by Einar Nerman |
a caricature by Alan Jedla, 1947 |
drawing by Feg Murray |
drawing by Edward Williams, 1955 |
Basil Rathbone in "The Swan," drawn by DePauw, 1923 |
a Hirschfeld caricature |
Basil's co-stars from We're No Angels -- Humphrey Bogart, Peter
Ustinov, and Aldo Rey -- and
Ouida sing Happy Birthday to Basil. Drawn by Jaime Gabaldá,
2006 |
Basil's co-stars from The Adventures of Robin
Hood -- Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, and Olivia de Haviland --
celebrate Basil's birthday. Drawn by Jaime Gabaldá,
2007 |
Basil's co-stars from The Comedy of Terrors -- Boris Karloff, Vincent Price,
Peter Lorre, and Joe E. Brown -- surprise Basil with a birthday party as
he exclaims "What place is this?" Drawn by Jaime Gabaldá,
2008 |
Basil is pictured here in his role as Count Anteoni
in The Garden of Allah. With him are co-stars Charles Boyer
and Marlene Dietrich, as well as Joseph Schildkraut. Drawn by Jaime Gabaldá,
2009 |
This drawing shows Rathbone in the role of Pontius Pilate in The
Last Days of Pompeii (1935). In one scene the Roman gladiator Marcus
(played by Preston Foster) and his son Flavius (David Holt) meet
Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem. The artist imagined that the actors
Preston Foster and David Holt surprised Basil in the middle of the
scene with a birthday cake and a gift. Note that the cake is in the
form of a volcano erupting, an event that occurs in the climax of
the film. Drawn by Jaime Gabaldŕ Méndez, 2011 |
This drawing shows Basil Rathbone as various characters from Autopsy
of a Ghost (1967). The four personalities and two skeletons
are pictured here as members of a 1960s rock band "The Rolling Rathbones."
Drawn by Jaime Gabaldŕ
Méndez, 2013. |
This drawing shows characters from
Bathing Beauty celebrating Basil Rathbone's birthday. The
dancers are Red Skelton, Esther Williams and Basil Rathbone; the
musicians are Carlos Ramirez, Harry James and Xavier Cugat, all
performing amidst fountains of water.
Drawn by Jaime Gabaldŕ Méndez, 2014 |
The story
takes place in the Republic of Venice. The time, 18th Century.
The year, 1757. This is one of famous Venice water canals and
sailing across them, the gondola of Casanova and on the top in a
flag the coat of arms of the famous tempting Casanova. Inside
the gondola, there is the real playboy and womanizer Casanova
(Vincent Price), sitting and hiding behind the blue curtains of
the gondola and showing his face after removing his mask. He is
winking an eye to us like saying: “Do not be confused ladies and
gentlemen, I am the real Casanova!” On the deck of the gondola,
there is the tailor and hero of the movie, Pippo Popolino (Bob
Hope) as the love-happy tailor's apprentice who is suddenly
compelled to pretend to be the great duelist and heart-breaker
Casanova impersonating him when the real Casanova tries to
escape from his greedy creditors. “Both” Casanova are wearing
the same rich and luxurious clothing and jewels. The red period
coat worn, the three-cornered hat and the colored vest, so “two”
Casanovas in the same outfit. The real and the false. Pippo is
singing one romantic serenade. Besides him, his faithful
companions of adventures. The widow Francesca Bruni (Joan
Fontaine), a grocery merchant that at the end of this story will
be the real love of the tailor's apprentice and Lucio (Basil
Rathbone), the valet de chamber of real Casanova who helps the
tailor training him to act and speak as the real Casanova and
teaching him every trick of the trade. In the drawing, Basil is
playing the mandolin, accompanying Pipo’s serenade in one of the
most delicious and comic charm moments of the movie. Of course,
with the sound of Basil’s mandolin and the false Casanova’s
voice all the women fall (literally) at Pipo’s feet.
Drawn by Jaime Gabaldŕ Méndez, 2015 |
This drawing is based on characters from the 1958 film The Last
Hurrah, a story about a mayoral election in a New England city.
Pictured here are the two opposite sides in the election facing one
another like gangs in the street. The gang on the left is headed by
Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy), the veteran mayor who wants to win his last Election. Beside
him is his nephew, Adam Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter), the sportswriter
of the local newspaper. On his side are Skeffington supporters
Boland, Gillen, Gorman, and Cortez. The opposite side is led by
conservative banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone), Amos Force (John
Carradine), candidate Kevin McCluskey, and Cardinal Martin Burke.
Drawn by Jaime Gabaldŕ Méndez, 2016 |
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