Sherlock Holmes 1887-1933
Tag: Basil Rathbone
Mark of Zorro, 1940
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro. (IMDb)
A Grave Comedy
Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Vincent Price behind the scenes of A Comedy of Terrors.
Terror by Night, 1946
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible. (IMDb.com)
Comedy of Terrors
Two unscrupulous undertakers (Vincent Price & Peter Lorre) find they are about to be evicted by their landlord (Basil Rathbone) for being a year late on rent. In order to drum up business, the dastardly duo sneak into the house of a wealthy elderly man, but when the bill comes due, his young widow skips town with the inheritance. When they set out to repeat the process, they receive a message from the landlord that the money was due in the morning. So they set off to kill two birds with one pillow. Unfortunately the landlord is harder to kill than expected. Continue reading “Comedy of Terrors”
The Black Cat, 1940
Swedish poster for the 1940 film, The Back Cat