Basil Rathbone Spock Richard III

[ellenkushner]

While trolling for Vampyr on YouTube, got the bright idea of looking for the Late Night B&W Movie of Lost Content, Tower of London (with former apt-mate, currently visiting). Not only is it just as good as we remembered, but check out them eyebrows!

Favorite line as ever: "He said he wanted malmsey!"

Accept no substitutes - particularly not the 1962 version with Karloff - so hilarious in 1939 as the Limping Henchman Mord (or is that "Maude"?) - as RIII. Not even.

Comments

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

Rodian Rathbone is a fascinating name. It seems like he ought to be a Faerie of some sort.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Basil Rathbone is the only way to go.

[margdean56.livejournal.com]

Is that Mimi visiting? Say hi for me...

[gwynnega]

I am very fond of Tower of London. I have adored Basil Rathbone since I was a kid!

[csecooney.livejournal.com]

Friend sent this picture after inquiries into German Expressionism. Sort of unhelpful. But cool!

http://www.steve-calvert.co.uk/pub-dom/imgs/nosferatu1922/nosferatu.jpg