Wolf von Frankenstein passed away on this day: Basil Rathbone 1892-1967

[TheWolfman]

Today, July 21 is a sad day for us FRANKENSTEIN fans. Basil Rathbone known to us as Victor Frankenstein, and Sherlock Holmes, passed away on this day in 1967.

[I am the Female Dracula]

Basil played Wolf Frankenstein did he not? He's got to be my favourite actor! He's also in low budget horrors The Black Sleep and Queen of Blood. What a great one.

[TheWolfman]

 I do believe his name in Son Of Frankenstein was Victor, Wolf could be a middle name . I'll do some checking to see what is what.

[Scatter]

Rathbone ROCKS!! Gotta see where he is buried.

[Opera Ghost]

Rathbone ROCKS!! Gotta see where he is buried.

I'm betting somewhere in her majesty's soil

[Scatter]

I'm betting somewhere in her majesty's soil

Mais non.........Rathbone was interred in NYC.

Burial:
Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum
Hartsdale
Westchester County
New York, USA
Plot: Shrine of Memories, unit 1, tier K, crypt 117



Now I have another to visit if Nancy and I ever get back to New York to see family (fat chance).

Basil, Houdini is buried in Queens, Mae West is in Brooklyn, and Lucille Ball is in Jamestown.I don't care about seeing Nancy's family. I just wanna go grave hunting!!

[I am the Female Dracula]

Not creepy at all Scatter, visiting graves of people you didn't know

[Scatter]

Not creepy at all Scatter, visiting graves of people you didn't know

Shoot, I've creepy-crawled cemeteries all over the place. LOVE grave hunting, and so does Nancy. And so does Jordan for that matter. We went to Memphis and Jordan went with us to the cemetery where Elvis was originally interred and he STILL talks about it. Nancy and I have been to all the major cemeteries in L.A.

I've got graphite rubbings of the graves of John Ritter, Bela Lugosi, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Stan Laurel........God knows how many. The only cool grave in Florida we know about is Jackie Gleason's and we went there not too long ago too.

I love cemeteries........I hope to be buried in one some day. 

[slayergriffith]

R.I.P. Victor Frankenstein

[typhooforme]

Yes, a little confusion here--Colin Clive was Victor Frankenstein in FRANKENSTEIN and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.  Then Rathbone played his son, Baron Wolf von Frankenstein, in SON OF FRANKENSTEIN. 

And of course to mention Rathbone brings to mind also his many Sherlock Holmes films, and (to me) his very funny role in COMEDY OF TERRORS and serious one in TALES OF TERROR--both with Vincent Price.  Ditto TOWER OF LONDON ('39), also with Vinnie!  But honestly, my favorite Rathbone villain--and a black-hearted son-of-a-buck he is, too--is is role as Mr. Murdstone in the 1935 version of DAVID COPPERFIELD.  Those of you who've seen that film might also remember that his sister, Miss Jane Murdstone, is played by the great Violet Kemble Cooper, who played Karloff's mother in THE INVISIBLE RAY.  Great Caesar's Ghost!  What talents there were in those days, eh?

[I am the Female Dracula]

He is legendary in Comedy of Terrors and Tales of Terror. Those Corman films are the second best thing that ever happened to me.

I remember watching David Copperfield in English in first year, about a year and a half before I was plunged into the wonderful world of classic horror. The scenes we watched were the ones with Rathbone and the ones when David ran away. I can remember everything except Rathbone, but I faintly recall wishing his character would be killed- he was so nasty! It was a shame we never watched any more of that film again.

I bought Rathbone's autobiography the other day, I'll start reading it next week or so.