"Philip St. John Basil Rathbone (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was an English actor.
Born in South Africa and raised in Derbyshire, he rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films." - Wikipedia
As a kid, we watched old black-and-white films on TV, and early on, I was a huge Errol Flynn fan.
Basil Rathbone played the very convincing villain to the hero in Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood (movie screen grab above), and soon after began his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes from 1939 to 1946.
I easily joined Team Basil!
May I suggest his autobiography, "In & Out of Character"; it's very entertaining.
Years ago, I found a deerstalker-type cat hat, and here it is on our model, Chili Bruce, after being artified with Lunapic's Neon filter:
Click on the image above to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.
For the Peter Frampton fans out there from yesterday's post:
Let's Hop!
What spectacular noir-ish artwork! Dad says he had this album. He's always been a big fan of live albums and wore out this one, as well as his copies of Cheap Trick at Budokan, Foghat, Kiss Alive and many more he can't remember.
ReplyDeleteFoghat! That's a band that doesn't always get mentioned, but oh yeah, we wore our albums out.
DeleteCB ... you're the hero of Captain Blood today!
ReplyDeleteChili Bruce, you pulled off the hat in style!
ReplyDeleteChili Bruce, you rock that hat!
ReplyDeleteCool art!
ReplyDeleteI still enjoy those older movies, they just don't make them like that any more. Fun art today!
ReplyDeleteoh yes, dee mum haz dat album too! and all dee other albums leading up to that wun! she saw that tour in oakland ca, day on the green and saw him in winterland in sf and she saw himz 2-3 yeers ago here in town . he haz a noo album owt now, they play dee song buried treasure on dee sacramento innernet radio k-zap.org
ReplyDeleteChili Bruce, you sure are dashing in that wonderful art!
ReplyDeleteNice! And thanks for sharing that mini bio. Be well!
ReplyDeleteVery cool art. Thanks for the puzzle. XO
ReplyDeleteThat artwork is cute!
ReplyDeleteRathbone could play villains or heroes - usually terse and intellectual - equally well.
ReplyDeleteHe certainly was a great actor and to me defined how Sherlock Holmes should be played.
ReplyDeleteThe artwork is very cool.
Chili Bruce makes a great Sherlock Holmes, with his hat!
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