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Happy Birthday, Basil Rathbone!  (June 13, 1892) ~ Dinosaurs (1966)

6/13/2014

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In honour of one of my personal favourite actors, Mr. Basil Rathbone,  I have chosen to celebrate his career in two ways.  The first,  here,  is an audio selection,  to acknowledge his perfect, Shakespearean-stage tempered voice, and also to recognise his excellent catalog of  radio dramas.

What we have here is the 1966 version of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Lost World,  with the elderly thespian (this was recorded a year before his death) as the brutish Professor Challenger.  In this case, as opposed to 'brutish' I think Rathbone's Challenger would be described as 'tetchy', or perhaps a bit 'crotchety'.   His voice is low and brittle,  but that stern character that his fans know so well is still quite present.

In spite of the rename (why Dinosaurs?  The Lost World not cool-sounding enough?), this is well worth a listen for Rathbone followers on his birthday!

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Download Basil Rathone in Dinosaurs HERE

For the film celebration of Basil Rathbone's birthday (a Friday the 13th special!), click HERE.  For more of his radio drama action, click HERE,  or scroll further down this page!  For Arthur Conan Doyle's B-day post, click HERE

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