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Basil Rathbone

About: Rathbone was born in Singapore and has lived from places ranging from Indonesia to Midland, Texas. He started out in local theatre, The Pickwick Players. In high school, he went to Interlochen Arts Academy, a private school for the arts in Michigan. After graduation, he had planned to go to the Royal Scottish Academy but went to LA to experiment with the big screen. He immediately signed onto Disney's 411. He had a leading role in the ABC Family show Beautiful People, which premiered in fall 2005 and the second half of the first season began in spring 2006.When not busy pursuing a TV/film career, he also enjoys music, writing, singing and producing.
Birth day: 21 December 1984

Make a Wish / Let's Sing Again

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1936

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About: Child crooner Bobby Breen, famed for his spot on Eddie Cantor's radio show, plays a youth who sings like a canary and has a positive effect on the adults in his orbit in this twin bill of uplifting films. In Make a Wish, Breen befriends a struggling composer (Basil Rathbone) who finds inspiration in the gifted boy and his widowed mom. In Let's Sing Again, Breen flees an orphanage to join the circus and later crosses paths with a renowned singer.
URL: Make a Wish / Let's Sing Again

A Tale of Two Cities

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About: Ronald Colman gives the performance of his career as a disgraced lawyer defending an accused spy while trying to redeem himself in the eyes of the woman both he and the defendant love. Elizabeth Allan, Donald Woods and Basil Rathbone also star in this definitive film version of Charles Dickens's sweeping tale of love and tumult during the French Revolution, an Oscar-nominated classic from producer David O. Selznik.
URL: A Tale of Two Cities

Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1965

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About: In the distant future, an expedition of astronauts sets off from the moon headed for Venus. Accompanied by an impressive robot (John Bix), a pair of astronauts explores the surface of Venus, where they come in contact with dangerous prehistoric beasts. As they carefully investigate the unstable planet, the intrepid explorers find clues that point toward the one-time existence of a human-like race.
URL: Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1967

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About: Two country singers on their way to Nashville take shelter from a storm in an abandoned mansion, which they soon discover is not only haunted, but is also the headquarters of a spy ring led by the evil Madame Wong. This campy sequel to Hillbillys in Vegas features plenty of hick humor and country music amid the action, along with cameos from the likes of a young Merle Haggard and other country stars.


URL: Hillbillys in a Haunted House

Love from a Stranger

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About: A woman wins the lottery and takes a husband, but suave Rathbone turns out to be a raving, psychotic killer.
URL: Love from a Stranger

Sin Takes a Holiday

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1930

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About: Sylvia (Constance Bennett), a beautiful young American woman, begins to question her loveless marriage for convenience when, while vacationing in Europe, she falls for a charming European man (Basil Rathbone). But when her philandering "husband" (Kenneth MacKenna) learns that he may lose Sylvia, he realizes, much to his surprise, that he's really in love with her. Directed by Paul Stein, this 1930s-era romantic comedy also stars Rita La Roy.
URL: Sin Takes a Holiday

Night Key / Tower of London

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1937

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About: Horror icon Boris Karloff -- best known for his portrayals of Frankenstein's monster and Im-ho-tep the mummy -- takes on a wide variety of roles in this collection of classics. In Night Key (1937), he plays a scientist who invents a coveted device that defeats burglar alarms. Then, in Tower of London (1939), he appears as a limping executioner who helps King Richard III (Basil Rathbone) put the screws to his political enemies.
URL: Night Key / Tower of London

The Mark of Zorro

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1940

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About: Posing as a foppish coward, Spanish nobleman Diego (Tyrone Power) fights injustice in colonial California. Upon his return from Spain, Diego realizes that Captain Pasquale (Basil Rathbone) is terrorizing the district and levying unreasonable taxes. Disguised as Zorro -- a masked swashbuckler -- the young Spaniard menaces the local authorities, to the delight of all the peasants and his beloved (Linda Darnell). Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
URL: The Mark of Zorro

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