Basil Rathbone
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1892-06-14
Locus Natus: Johannesburg, South African Republic
Et ut: Sir Basil Rathbone, Philip St. John Basil Rathbone, Бэзил Рэтбоун
Son of Frankenstein
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is...
release : 1939.01.13popularis : 23.326
The Spider Woman
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as...
release : 1943.12.24popularis : 6.04
The Movie Orgy
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and...
release : 1968.01.01popularis : 4.166
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
release : 1938.05.13popularis : 16.738
Terror by Night
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune...
release : 1946.02.01popularis : 9.293
Dressed to Kill
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent...
release : 1946.05.24popularis : 12.636
We're No Angels
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the...
release : 1955.07.07popularis : 11.308
The Court Jester
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
release : 1955.12.24popularis : 14.034
The Mark of Zorro
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays...
release : 1940.11.08popularis : 11.893
Above Suspicion
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
release : 1943.05.31popularis : 4.875
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of...
release : 1942.09.18popularis : 7.116
The Hound of the Baskervilles
On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds...
release : 1939.03.24popularis : 16.139
Autopsy of a Ghost
Satan offers a weary ghost a chance for redemption through true love.
release : 1968.11.07popularis : 2.996
The Magic Sword
The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, goes on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.
release : 1962.04.01popularis : 4.434
The House of Fear
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their...
release : 1945.03.16popularis : 9.551
The Pearl of Death
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to...
release : 1944.08.01popularis : 6.749
The Scarlet Claw
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the...
release : 1944.05.18popularis : 5.2
The Great Mouse Detective
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted...
release : 1986.07.02popularis : 18.59
Rio
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and...
release : 1939.09.29popularis : 3.414
Queen of Blood
A spaceship is sent to Mars after an alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood...
release : 1966.03.01popularis : 4.648
The Woman in Green
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes...
release : 1945.06.15popularis : 11.689
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as...
release : 1949.10.05popularis : 31.306
Tower of London
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne,...
release : 1939.11.17popularis : 4.504
The Black Sleep
In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to...
release : 1956.06.15popularis : 5.411
The Black Cat
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
release : 1941.05.02popularis : 5.746
Love from a Stranger
Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming...
release : 1937.04.18popularis : 3.045
Crazy House
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names...
release : 1943.10.08popularis : 2.391
The Mad Doctor
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.
release : 1940.12.20popularis : 1.548
Tales of Terror
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over...
release : 1962.07.04popularis : 7.846
Heartbeat
A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.
release : 1946.05.01popularis : 8.165
The Comedy of Terrors
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which...
release : 1964.01.22popularis : 7.921
Crossroads
A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.
release : 1942.07.23popularis : 3.662
Tovarich
When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they have no idea that the domestics are in fact...
release : 1937.12.25popularis : 2.034
Bathing Beauty
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her...
release : 1944.06.27popularis : 4.864
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on...
release : 1943.03.24popularis : 6.644
The Bishop Murder Case
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where...
release : 1929.12.31popularis : 2.001
Romeo and Juliet
Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.
release : 1936.09.03popularis : 9.635
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.
release : 1935.01.18popularis : 9.302
Captain Blood
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
release : 1935.12.26popularis : 11.329
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis,...
release : 1939.09.01popularis : 14.895
Fingers at the Window
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
release : 1942.04.22popularis : 2.177
The Dawn Patrol
In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty...
release : 1938.12.24popularis : 5.173
A Tale of Two Cities
The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on...
release : 1935.12.25popularis : 7.998
The Masked Bride
An American millionaire wants to reform a Parisian cabaret singer who moonlights as a jewel thief.
release : 1925.12.13popularis : 3.98
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he...
release : 1942.12.25popularis : 12.006
Trouping with Ellen
Ellen Llewellyn is a chorus girl who is loved by orchestra leader Andy Owens, a genuinely nice guy. When Ellen meets the aristocratic Tony...
release : 1924.10.05popularis : 0.589
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.
release : 1924.02.04popularis : 1.378
One Precious Year
A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease
release : 1933.02.01popularis : 1.426
Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates
In Holland, poor but industrious and honorable 15-year-old Hans Brinker and his younger sister yearn to participate in December's great ice skating...
release : 1958.02.09popularis : 2.146
Pursuit to Algiers
After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean...
release : 1945.10.26popularis : 6.282
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master...
release : 1943.09.17popularis : 10.083
Anna Karenina
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
release : 1935.08.30popularis : 5.884
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus...
release : 1965.08.01popularis : 3.82
The Last Hurrah
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle,...
release : 1958.12.31popularis : 8.908
The Lark
Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's 1952 play about Joan of Arc, the young girl who led the French to victory against the English in the Hundred Years' War.
release : 1957.02.10popularis : 1.239
Confession
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's...
release : 1937.08.19popularis : 3.032
Casanova's Big Night
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little...
release : 1954.04.07popularis : 4.498
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.
release : 1966.04.06popularis : 4.843
Paris Calling
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi...
release : 1941.12.04popularis : 4.372
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Country singers on their way to Nashville have car trouble, forcing them to stop at an old haunted mansion. Soon they realize that the house is not...
release : 1967.05.01popularis : 4.216
The Wind in the Willows
This animated fairy tale for kids tells the classic story of a dapper, automobile loving fellow named Mr. Toad, whose passion becomes a problem when...
release : 1949.05.10popularis : 5.045
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.
release : 2005.04.05popularis : 4.47
If I Were King
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the...
release : 1938.09.28popularis : 5.399
Rhythm on the River
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers...
release : 1940.08.28popularis : 2.077
The Garden of Allah
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
release : 1936.10.14popularis : 8.456
Frenchman's Creek
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet...
release : 1944.09.20popularis : 3.08
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
release : 1991.01.01popularis : 2.156
The Adventures of Marco Polo
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.
release : 1938.04.07popularis : 3.942
Sin Takes a Holiday
Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes...
release : 1930.11.10popularis : 6.034
A Notorious Affair
A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
release : 1930.04.26popularis : 4.311
The Last Days of Pompeii
In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by...
release : 1935.10.18popularis : 6.185
Pontius Pilate
The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned...
release : 1962.02.15popularis : 3.486
Kind Lady
Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea...
release : 1935.12.06popularis : 4.568
The Sun Never Sets
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa...
release : 1939.05.31popularis : 2.757
Make a Wish
While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny Selden. Stuck for an inspiration for his latest...
release : 1937.09.01popularis : 3.321
Loyalties
A houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis, is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of...
release : 1933.07.02popularis : 1.807
The Lady of Scandal
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
release : 1930.05.24popularis : 3.586
The Flirting Widow
An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. However, the lie comes back to haunt her.
release : 1930.05.11popularis : 0.948
A Feather in Her Hat
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph...
release : 1935.10.25popularis : 2.197
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton...
release : 1929.07.06popularis : 3.083
Private Number
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler...
release : 1936.06.05popularis : 4.548
A Lady Surrenders
A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip. He thinks she's left him for good, so he...
release : 1930.10.06popularis : 1.546
The Horror of It All
A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
release : 1983.02.23popularis : 3.208
This Mad World
Parisot, a French spy in World War 1, returns home on a secret mission to visit his mother, and finds that Victoria, the wife of a German general, is...
release : 1930.04.11popularis : 0.919
The General's Boots
A martinet of a general, one of his former officers, and a middle aged plane passenger find themselves in a liferaft with only one canteen of water.
release : 1954.07.23popularis : 0.965
A Christmas Carol
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...
release : 1954.12.01popularis : 4.572
Victoria Regina
1961 adaptation of "Victoria Regina".
release : 1961.11.30popularis : 0.707
After the Ball
The wife of a diplomat in Geneva pretends to be a maid in order to continue her flirting with a handsome young courier.
release : 1932.11.23popularis : 1.085
The Son of Frankenstein
9 minute home-movie version of the 1939 feature film "Son of Frankenstein" from Castle Films.
release : 1965.01.01popularis : 2.46
Soldier in Love
The story of the Churchills in the court of Queen Anne.
release : 1967.04.26popularis : 1.527
The Great Deception
Cyril Mansfield, a handsome young Englishman, is associated with the German Secret Service as a spy in England but is loyal to British intelligence,...
release : 1926.07.26popularis : 2.068
A Woman Commands
In order to keep his lover, Maria Draga, in luxury, Captain Alex Pastitsch contracts huge debts which threaten his military career. To save Alex's...
release : 1932.02.12popularis : 1.879
International Lady
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as...
release : 1941.10.16popularis : 8.266
The Black Cat
A two-reeler based on Edgar Allen Poe’s classic tale.
release : 1960.01.01popularis : 0.714
The Fruitful Vine
An old knight weds his dead friend's daughter but she gives herself to an Italian Don to bear an heir.
release : 1921.09.01popularis : 0.892
Breakdowns of 1938
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
release : 1938.12.31popularis : 1.63
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interviews and archival film clips featuring the original...
release : 1985.01.01popularis : 3.053
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
release : 1942.10.05popularis : 0.928
The School for Scandal
An uncle poses as a usurer to learn which nephew deserves his fortune.
release : 1923.09.12popularis : 2.85
A Christmas Carol
Another version of the Dickens classic. Originally an episode of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens. Later released on home video on it's...
release : 1959.12.27popularis : 1.219
Innocent
An orphan named Innocence leaves her county home after her foster-father dies. She travels to the city and makes a living as a novelist. ...
release : 1921.03.01popularis : 0.862
Two Before Zero
A black-robed purveyor of communism is periodically interrupted by the questions of a white-robed every woman. Features disturbing historical...
release : 1962.10.31popularis : 2.315
Aladdin
Cole Porter's version of the story of Aladdin--his only musical written especially for television.
release : 1958.02.21popularis : 0.659
The Stingiest Man in Town
This is a musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Ebenezer Scrooge is given a chance to reform and save his soul. He is visited by 4...
release : 1956.12.23popularis : 3.136
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Actor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his assistant and...
release : 1996.07.01popularis : 2.191
Madhouse
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of...
release : 1974.05.22popularis : 5.315