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IN & OUT OF CHARACTER: an attempt at analysis Part III
The Baz Posted by Neve on Feb 24, 2013
Hey peeps, and thanks for all the good wishes – and your patience. I’m struggling back to form, and promise to be a better blogger from now on . I also apologize to people who made comments that have gone astray.
But anyhow, here’s another bit of analysis of BR’s “ read more
IN & OUT OF CHARACTER: an attempt at analysis Part II
The Baz Posted by Neve on Feb 6, 2013
The second part of this series is going to look a bit more closely at the claim that portions of this book, maybe even the majority of it, were written, not by Rathbone, but by Ouida Bergere, his somewhat “controversial” second wife. The claim was actually made to me quite recently in an read more
Michael B. Druxman talks to us about his new play
The Baz Posted by Neve on Jan 30, 2013
Today the Baz is talking to Michael B.Druxman, author of Basil Rathbone, His Life & His Films, about his new one-person play Rathbone.
Michael B. Druxman is a veteran Hollywood screenwriter whose credits include Cheyenne Warrior with Kelly Preston; Dillinger and Capone starring Martin Sheen an read more
IN & OUT OF CHARACTER: an attempt at analysis Part I
The Baz Posted by Neve on Jan 18, 2013
So, here we are, back where we should have been in October last year. The first part of my thesis is an analysis of certain chapters or portions of Basil’s autobiography IN AND OUT OF CHARACTER, and I’m going to be posting the analysis on the blog over the next few weeks.
Rosemarie&# read more
the blog
The Baz Posted by Neve on Jan 15, 2013
The blog is growing and amassing a lot of material and I’ve been thinking it could do with a bit of restructuring to make things easier to locate, so I’m working on a way to do that while keeping the essential look and color scheme, which I like and which seems many of you like too.
In read more
Conrad Veidt
The Baz Posted by Neve on Jan 14, 2013
I saw this quotation on tumblr and thought I had to reproduce it. Anyone heard it or the story that BR and Conrad Veidt were friends before? I wonder if Ouida approved of CV or if he was one of the “undesirable chums.” “One of Conrad’s best friends in Hollywood in the early 1940s read more
Sunday Pic : fan art
The Baz Posted by Neve on Jan 13, 2013
This I have to include it, as I think it’s gorgeous. Basil Rathbone as Karenin, by Verre-a-Vitres. Check out their other artwork, you’ll be happy you did. read more
Quotations: Norma Shearer 1929
The Baz Posted by Neve on Nov 17, 2012
Love this quote from Norma Shearer, which I’ve never come across before. It’s dated 1929, but no idea where it first appeared, presumably in some fan mag. It was blogged on tumblr by one of our readers, who goes by the name Cherryice, and her blog is called “The Most Gentle, Magica read more
ARMISTICE DAY: Q&A WITH RICHARD VAN EMDEN
The Baz Posted by Neve on Nov 11, 2012
Today, to mark Armistice Day (Veterans’ Day in the US), THE BAZ is talking to Richard Van Emden, WW 1 expert and author of numerous books, including FAMOUS 1914-18 that features the war experiences of various well known people, including Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. I’ve been inspired read more
Baz on TCM
The Baz Posted by Neve on Nov 8, 2012
Our boy is on TCM’s main page atm http://www.tcm.com/
Here are some very Baz-centric user reviews of the epic SIN TAKES A HOLIDAY
And Frank Miller’s review of the same includes this rather nice para on the Baz that helps reassert his heretofore forgotten stint as matinee idol: read more
Sunday Pic (1)
The Baz Posted by Neve on Nov 4, 2012
Continuing our Sunday thing of featuring photos, artwork, fan art that’s either been sent to me or I’ve come across in my etheric travels.
Let’s be totally fangirly today. Firstly, a very gorgeous photo from the Tumblr account The Two Profiles. Don’t know the date or anythin read more
THE HEIRESS 2012
The Baz Posted by Neve on Nov 2, 2012
Strathairn as dr Sloper and Chastain as his homely, oppressed daughter
The new production of THE HEIRESS opened in NYC yesterday, at the Walter Kerr theatre on West 48th, starring Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn and Dan Stevens. This is the second or maybe third revival since the Baz created the read more
basilrathbone.net update
The Baz Posted by Neve on Nov 2, 2012
Marcia Jessen has just created a fantastic page about Rathbone and the Great War:
http://basilrathbone.net/biography/ww1.htm
Included is this quote from Rathbone, when asked, in a 1940 interview, what constituted real horror to him:
The Liverpool Scottish in the line, 1915
“War! . . . Goi read more
THE BAZ AT ALL HALLOW’S
The Baz Posted by Neve on Oct 31, 2012
So it’s Halloween!…
Light your pumpkin lantern, extinguish the lights (if you’re in lower Manhattan yo can skip this step), throw a log on the stove, get a glass of wine and a slice of pie and settle down for a selection of reader-nominated excerpts of The Baz at All Hallow’s read more
more about Ouida
The Baz Posted by Neve on Oct 27, 2012
Halloween is coming up and typing is still a nightmare, so just to keep the biography thing ticking over, I’ve decided to post extracts from a transcript the Project was given. It’s an interview with an actress who knew Basil well, and who left this record with her executors with certain read more
Folies-Bergere (1940)
The Baz Posted by Neve on Oct 23, 2012
Ouida Rathbone c.1940
I’m planning to begin looking at B’s biography here soon (actually I’d be doing it now if my wrist wasn’t busted). So, as an intro to the topic and also to give my bone a few more days to settle before I have serious typing to do, Anna has suggested read more
Photo Week: The Baz, 1913
The Baz Posted by Neve on Oct 18, 2012
I just don’t have time for any wordy-posts this week (next week you get to read first instalment of The Thesis, you lucky lucky people), so I’ve decided to devote the whole week to posting pics, videos etc that get recommended by readers. Next up is one suggested by Marcia and Janice. 21 read more
Another photo post
The Baz Posted by Neve on Oct 16, 2012
I don’t really have the leisure atm (I’m writing my thesis, doing a couple of Q&As, one with the insanely busy Richard Van Emden, taking care of a sick cat and trying to find time to have a bit of a life too), but then “forlornfagahag” posted this photo on Tumblr. He̵ read more
Sunday Pic – MGM 1943
The Baz Posted by Neve on Oct 14, 2012
I’m sort of getting into a thing of using weekends to post the photos and other things sent in by readers. This Sunday we’re featuring an image sent in by Sophie. Sophie found it online and discovered its massive potential for enlargement while playing around with it on Photoshop, so she read more
“Motion Picture” August 1935
The Baz Posted by Neve on Oct 12, 2012
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As promised, here is the article quoted in the comments. It's from the magazine Motion Picture, August 1935, and is part of a promotion for Rathbone's new film Anna Karenina (1935).
I was going to just post the pdf link and an extract. But whatever – h read more