#basil rathbone

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Basil Rathbone and Pola Negri in A Woman Commands (1932)

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Basil Rathbone Promotional Image for Tovarich (1937)

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Basil Rathbone as Robert Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1933)

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Watching my first Sherlock Holmes movie with Basil Rathbone ("Dressed to Kill", 1946) and so far I like Rathbone's performance

gotta say though I was not expecting them to cast a Watson who looked so much older than Holmes. like irl Nigel Bruce was three years younger than Rathbone but it does not look like it on film

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The Flirting Widow (1930) William A. Seiter

July 15th 2026

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hi! do you have a favorite photo of basil?:)

hi anon! hmm that is tough...I do really like the one I have as my profile picture which is a promo photo for Private Number (1936)

his nose looks fantastic 10/10

it's so hard to pick a favourite but added some more under the cut!

I really love this one taken at his home (1940)

and I love these on set photos: The Adventure of Robin Hood (1938), The Court Jester (1956), Son of Frankenstein (1939) and Comedy of Terrors (1963)

oh and I like this one because he's all sweaty :)

Rio (1939) promo

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Love when I’m reading a book and basil rathbone pops up unexpectedly

"Basil honored the occasion with a smutty poem." Asdfghfdsf sir what are you doing my hollywood lesbians books

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Literally no one asked, but i'm getting back into sherlock holmes so i'm just going to make a top 5 list of the best live action portrayals I've seen.

1. Jeremy Brett

2. Vasily Livanov

3. Basil Rathbone

4. Robert Stephens

5. Jonny Lee Miller

And the best part is, I don't have to explain myself.