Pure class. Brilliant little nugget of an upload. Thankyou. Basil was an incredible actor. So inteligent and quick. I so enjoyed watching his sherlock holmes movies. With his good friend nigel bruce as watson. Both men i hope you are resting in peace. I still watch your films to this day. In 20 years time it will be 100 years since The hound of the baskervilles and the adventures of sherlock holmes, both made in 1939. Lastly i no basil and his wife Quida held big parties in there house. They were meant to be ledgendary, alot of hollywood stars came along. What i would give to be able to jump back in time to be at one of his big parties. They used to dress up in you could say stage clothing and party. Marlene deitrich was always at basils parties. This show here i cant help but think the first lady that spoke was trying to get her foot in the door to one of basils partys and i wouldn't be surprized if basil had a quiet word in her ear backstage. Do come along my dear. I will send you an invite and a car will pick you up. Brilliant basil, thanks again for this upload. Class.
I've always wondered about what the English call a posh accent. Now, Rathbone's accent has always seemed to me to be Aristocratic, but I don't know if it is what is now called posh. Is it?
Basil spoke with a British accent known as 'received pronunciation' - and in that day and age it was even a more heightened form, which also could have been due to his training and his early career on the stage.
As Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to British parents, later moved to England, but then spent much of his time in the USA he had what he described as a 'British colonial accent.' Close, but not quite the upper class accent in England at the time.
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What a fun piece of footage to share. I love Basil Rathbones sense of humour.
Anything with basil rathbone in it, he's just so lovely
Gotta love Basil. What a classy gent
Gwen King most definitely I agree with you
Pure class. Brilliant little nugget of an upload. Thankyou. Basil was an incredible actor. So inteligent and quick. I so enjoyed watching his sherlock holmes movies. With his good friend nigel bruce as watson. Both men i hope you are resting in peace. I still watch your films to this day. In 20 years time it will be 100 years since The hound of the baskervilles and the adventures of sherlock holmes, both made in 1939. Lastly i no basil and his wife Quida held big parties in there house. They were meant to be ledgendary, alot of hollywood stars came along. What i would give to be able to jump back in time to be at one of his big parties. They used to dress up in you could say stage clothing and party. Marlene deitrich was always at basils parties. This show here i cant help but think the first lady that spoke was trying to get her foot in the door to one of basils partys and i wouldn't be surprized if basil had a quiet word in her ear backstage. Do come along my dear. I will send you an invite and a car will pick you up. Brilliant basil, thanks again for this upload. Class.
Basil Rathbone was and still is The Greatest. He was also The Greatest Sherlock Holmes of all time.
Such a classy gentleman........
Always a pleasure to see a very refined and distinguished man having a bit of silly fun.
Brilliant actor..r.i.p. basil...
I just love him - he was so wonderful as Sherlock Holmes!
Segdirb most definitely
My favorite man! He looked fantastic!
A great deal of charm as well as class!!!!!
Great Sherlock Holmes, a great villain and an
excellent 🗡 swordsman.
Twice British army fencing champion, according to wikipedia.
What a fab clip!
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I've never before seen this guy just being himself. On screen he's always larger than life.
Basil😅 I love him. Such a gentleman. The best Sherlock 👌
Show aired Christmas evening, Thursday, December 25, 1952.
Couldn't Basil once, just once, have said: 'slowly, Watson, slowly, we have a moment to lose'. Ho hum....
All class. What a beautiful man.
Very likeable person. RIP
The TV game show, "I've Got A Secret" was probably the basis from which the even more successful TV game show, "What's My Line?" was later created.
Love him
funny
Great fun! John Lockwood.
TY so much for the upload. :-)
Basil terrific...Mrogan dull and Cullen sublime!
Great actor loved the Sherlock films when was this filmed
Grande Basil❤
Wonderful!
Very funny indeed!
I've always wondered about what the English call a posh accent. Now, Rathbone's accent has always seemed to me to be Aristocratic, but I don't know if it is what is now called posh. Is it?
Basil spoke with a British accent known as 'received pronunciation' - and in that day and age it was even a more heightened form, which also could have been due to his training and his early career on the stage.
...the really 'posh' accent is the 'heightened received pronunciation' accent, so yes, Basil's accent was close to that. 😊
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Thanks. I really became confused when I heard Boris Johnson's accent described as "posh." If so, the word has no meaning.
@@kingskidgirl2 What does it mean a posh accent please ?
As Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to British parents, later moved to England, but then spent much of his time in the USA he had what he described as a 'British colonial accent.' Close, but not quite the upper class accent in England at the time.
Anybody can tell me the rules of this game???
You can' t ask the direct question? Or what are the rules???
The first question: have you been doing THIS for more than 20 years? what is "THIS"? The secret? ( the red flannels....)?
Jayne Meadows was a very attractive woman.
Jane Meadows as lovely a face as her sister Audrey's.
But only a fraction of the talent. Her best career move was to marry Steve Allen...
I read that B.R. liked to discuss the consistency of his bowel movements over lunch. If so, he wasn't that classy.
I doubt your veracity.
What did the time to you 🙁