Oral history interview with Basil Rathbone, 1959

 

Name
Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967 (Interviewee)
Franklin, Joan (Interviewer)
Franklin, Robert (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Basil Rathbone, 1959
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Basil Rathbone, 1959
Abstract
Childhood in South Africa and England; type-casting and publicity; Hollywood life style; role as Sherlock Holmes; effect of political involvement on actors' careers; reminiscences of his wife, Ouida. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"
Collection Name
Popular arts project
Subjects
Actors; Motion pictures; Motion picture industry; Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1959
Note (Biographical)
Actor
Note
Interviewed by Joan and Robert Franklin
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
12915183
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-27aj-gw62
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.