Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on June 13, 2014

Happy Birthday, Basil Rathbone!  (June 13, 1892) ~ The Mad Doctor (1941) 6/13/2014 2 Comments Well, it's both Basil Rathbone's b-day AND Friday the 13th, so I thought I'd pick a spooky-type picture for this sp   read more

The Baz Posted by Neve on July 20, 2012

Well, 45 years ago today, July 21 1967, Basil Rathbone died in NYC, on what was also his son Rodion’s 52nd birhtday. To mark this sombre day for us Rathbone fans I’m going back to a film I talked about recently. Yes! thanks to Lolita at Lolita’s Classics I am...   read more

The Baz Posted by Neve on July 4, 2012

The Mad Doctor The Mad Doctor (aka A Date with Destiny) has to be the best Basil Rathbone movie I’ve never seen. The Baz playing gorgeous but insane serial wife-killer, with the amazing Martin Kosleck as his heavily implied gay lover, John Howard as Ellen Drew’s nice but boring rescu   read more