Word: basile
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sunday afternoon, while Their Majesties were resting at Hyde Park, NBC rallied a thin red line of Hollywood's British players, put on a full hour of British-accented heigh-ho. Cissie Loftus sang My Old Dutch, Vivien Leigh and Basil Rathbone recited from the Brownings; and Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce and C. Aubrey Smith O. B. E. sang Three Little Fishies (see p. 47). Having thus offered Their Majesties some idea of the state of the Empire in Hollywood, the gathering, 44 strong, responded to a champagne toast proposed by U. S.-born Play Actor George...
Outside of typical Grade B weakness, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" rates a passing grade as a mystery thriller. The horror of the bleak, English moors--which is almost becoming the screen character of His Majesty's isle--is well supported by the business-like Sherlock of Basil Rathbone and a very satisfying "elementary, my dear Watson" by Nigel Bruce...
...last winter Editor Basil ("Stuffy") Walters of the Minneapolis Star had a fine idea. When King George and Queen Elizabeth reached Winnipeg on their tour of Canada (see p. 23), Minnesota would send a delegation to greet them, thereby stealing a march on the other 47 United States and providing the Star with a good promotion stunt. As the Royal Train neared Winnipeg last week the city was jammed with some 15,000 visitors from nearby States; twoscore U. S. bands were on hand to play God Save The King; a squadron of U. S. Army planes from Minneapolis...
...Hound of the Baskervilles (Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce; TIME, April...
...Hound of the Baskervilles (Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce; TIME, April...