Basil Rathbone performs "I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside"

[AndresIGLB]

adictive song



[IncurablePessimist]

Whenever I'm feeling sad, I watch this video, and suddenly everything is okay again.

[KnownastheMoss]

The best Holmes ever -- pity his work was controlled by the war department and he lacked the freedom and resources of the later Granada series. Brett was too over the top and didn't look like Holmes; Basil WAS Holmes.

[SneverusSnapers]

That was the one disguise in the Sherlock Holmes films where you didn't see him and think 'that'll be Holmes' - just so,,,UNEXPECTED that it turned out to be him!!!

[BazilBentley]

I think his voice cracked a little around 0:46. O.o made me fall of my chair laughing.

[SneverusSnapers]

@BazilBentley :p yeah, I see - funnier if you keep pressing 0:46 again and again! :p

[ShieldLessLink]

GTA episodes from Liberty city brought me here from Lost and THe Damned :).

[enemywon]

Always thought it was a Freddie Mercury composition

[y0hita]

queen II

[juneh1967]

brilliant basil!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxx

[jazzandmint]

This is so delightful. :)

[FluxCurrent]

This is so Mary Poppins. BTW who's the hottie around 0:50 #t=0m50s

[1axalove]

@FluxCurrent The actress' name is ida Lupino.

[CriticalListener]

THAT was Basil Rathbone?!

[wendyverdades]

He's Holmes alright but so much more judging by this.

[vincentprice121]

Imagine trying to entertain people today with this kind of crap!

[darkhorsegeorge]

youre all wrong vasily livanov is the best sherlock holmes. but i love rathbone and this vid makes me so happy x3

[jonjamg]

Mmmmm now was he British (English) or South African? I now know where Dick Van Dyke got his awful cockney accent from!!! Nice performance though Basil!

[rarebutgreat]

Its a pity that he didnt make more Holmes films after dressed to kill. Thank goodness that he made many more radio shows that we can still enjoy today

[kevinkards1]

jermany breet is the best holmes mr rathbone is 2nd

[misterbell1969]

@kevinkards1 IMHO, I'm not sure you can compare them...they are so different and they are both awesome...but different acting styles, production techniques and capabilities and 40 years stand between them...the great thing about Holmes is that he is such a great character that both actors (and others) can get a large piece of him...but nobody gets him completely. Depends on which Holmes you are in the mood for...I love both and couldn't choose between them.

[RavenHouseMystery]

I once heard that of all the "characters" that Sherlock Holmes disguised himself as throughout the film series, Basil Rathbone considered this dance hall singer to be his personal favorite. It must have been a fun day on the set.

[143AC]

This is "Sherlock's"best disguise and Bail's most memorable performance on screen.BTW:That is Ida Lupino watching "Holmes" as a song and dance man.

[CarlDuke]

Great clip, looks like an attempt at colorization. This movie was the only Rathbone one not made from a Conan Doyle story. This was adapted from a play by the actor William Gillette.  Reminds me of the Lone Ranger. My favorites were always the ones where the Ranger appeared in disguises for part of the story.

[danbroad9]

i sang this song in our school talent show and i won evryone love me they were screeming

[godkingRoss]

I love this soooooong!

[gamgee87]

Haha! I love that he can do this and be the best villain EVER, too!

I'm not a big fan of the Rathbone/Bruce Holmes films, (they were a product of their time, and while 30s-40s cinema was brilliant, book adaptations were often weak...at least that's my opinion) but I think Rathbone is the best Holmes ever!

[FlippinBooks]

This is one of my favorite movies from the Rathbone-Bruce series. Thank God for Basil Rathbone. He was a Shakespearean actor, but he never passed up an opportunity to ham it up. :)

Also, I don't think it's fair to say that Rathbone was better than Brett, or vice-versa. Everyone's opinion is different, but that doesn't mean any of them are wrong. Or that one's own opinion is the ONLY right one, for that matter. Why not just say, "Rathbone is MY favorite Holmes" and leave it at that?

[JHandcock1111]

@JuanMacready - WhAt?!?!?!? >:o

[JuanMacready]

@JHandcock1111 Rathbone was the best Holmes by far.

[sokwest]

I remember when I first rented this movie and I saw this scene I must have watched it about.... two hundred and seventy two times before I could move on. Its just perfect!

[FrankClanton]

Basil Rathbone was far better than the overacting Brett.

[sokwest]

@FrankClanton I totally agree!!! Basil is king as Sherlock, no question!!

[PeterFirthFan]

Rathbone was far better than Jeremy Brett.

[BarnabasFrid]

WHA WHA WHA WHAT? =8-)

[PeterFirthFan]

Rathbone was a far better Holmes than Brett.

[BarnabasFrid]

hmmmm

[PeterFirthFan]

Brett was the worst Holmes ever.

[BarnabasFrid]

That's why they make vanilla and chocolate...

[BarnabasFrid]

Kinda like Holmes... hm. Last comment from me.

[PeterFirthFan]

Also he didn't even look like Holmes.

[baftamember99]

@PeterFirthFan that is a vile ignorant bigoted stupid offensive thing to say!!! I can only assume that you have issues and are an ignorant d**k!!!

[jameswipps]

!YES!

[78timothy]

The Character Ann is played by Ida Lupino. Considered to be her first film. The only 2 Holmes films released by Fox is this one and the severely edited "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (Watson the Needle!) Every other Holmes film in the series was thru Universal.

[fr0zenbear]

Seven Seas of Rhye

[HookedOnSonics518]

That's what got me into this song. One good song often leads to another.

[HarveyCartwright]

Basil was by far the best Holmes.

[whowantstotestme]

english gays! USA BABY!!!!!!

[bluedragon1836]

i have this episode. love it.

[1992KCWolf]

<3 gotta love Basil Rathbone

[9to5boyz]

He was far too versatile to become typecast as Holmes and i get the feeling he enjoyed the times when he could break away a little and have a bit of fun like this.

[ghostfanX2]

I think he MUST have enjoyed doing this, even though it was one of the first Holmes films. I have around 50 of the radio shows he did with Nigel Bruce, and twice when he is supposed to be disguised as a cockney-type gent, you hear him singing this song again (without piano!) He must have really loved doing this song...

[Westyrulz]

ha ha ha I say what jolly good fun wat!!

[carhandle]

Where the brass bands play: "Fack Off Dundee"

[feelOlucky]

She seems unimpressed to me, he had promised her it was an Oasis concert.

[j1o2h3n4n5y]

He was the business. Although Jeremy Brett was pretty good. My grandfather served with Basil Rathbone in World War 1.

[woodyqpr]

How did he find Basil? Where they close?

[j1o2h3n4n5y]

They corresponded after the war,possibly up to Basils death. I have signed photo's of when he was in Hollywood. I don't know how close they were. My grandfather died when I was around 8. The only army memory I remember from his lips was the time his unit ran through the snow stark naked! My grandfather was awarded the Military Medal,Basil was awarded the Military Cross(officer). They and someone else went into the German trench and brought back a prisoner.

[charminsouthernbelle]

These Holmes series really didn't stick to the book-but I don't care!

basil rathbone, for me will always be the definitive Sherlock. so masculine and decisive while still being a gentleman..he fully brought to life the Victorian mentality of the times.

[lioness901]

Which Basil Rathbone mystery is this in??

[vonkrolok2008]

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes. Its the one where Moriarty plans to steal the Crown Jewels.

[lioness901]

Which Basil Rathbone mystery is this in??

[lioness901]

Which Basil Rathbone mystery is this in??

[mycaprice]

hooray! I love seeing this.

And yes, it is Rathbone, you can sort of tell in some inflection vocally, and the last shot of him from upstage you can tell that's his, um backside. But man, what a brave and hilarious moment. As far as the stage makeup, easy to change shape of nose with cotton wadding. Icky, but easy.

Cheers to you!

[avrillolcyp]

aman.. firmos!!!

[NorbertZF]

Yes, it IS Basil Rathbone. He's in character makeup, it's from the "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". This is when actors could do anything. Mr. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes, Richard the III, Dr. Wolf von Frankenstein and even costarred in a movie with Danny Kaye. These "pretty boys" today don't have 1/89th the talent nor ability.

[nookiboi]

he played a great villain also, it was always strange to me as a watching basil in sherlock holmes and associating him as a good guy who could never be anyone but good but after seeing him play the villain in a few movies he made with errol flynn was a big suprise

[toobyu2859]

The Sherrif of Nottingham. He was as good a swordsman as Errol Flynn.

[arisztidoltz]

IKR! He was the best there. But I guess he couldn't match up to Errol Flynn (sadley) because he ended up being slain! :*(

[dedebelle]

He was a much, much better fencer than Errol Flynn ever was! But because he played the heavy (Sheriff of Nottingham) he had to let Flynn kill him off, for the story.

[arisztidoltz]

You know what you are so true when you say that! Although Flynn was the dashing action hero of the 30's, Rathbone could have easily whipped him any day, just he was cast as the villains...but I'd route for him! Plus Flynn could never be Holmes!

[LazlosPlane]

Toobyu, Toobyu, Toobyu, you foolish child!

Flynn was no swordsman at all and Rathbone was trained in the English tradition of acting to be an expert swordsman. There is a famous story of Rathbone and Flynn at a party that Niven tells...

Rathbone: You realize, of course, Errol, that while you always win our swordfights, that I can kill you at any time I wish?

[oblayus]

and not to question your pick, but this doesnt look like Basil Rathbone, not even the same nose.

[aretrospection]

A picture of him in this outfit is in his autobiography.

[oblayus]

wow, it just doesnt look like him at all. and i never read his auto =)

[aretrospection]

Once you get over the fact that the word "one," as in a person, is used waaay too many times, it's a very entertaining read. If you can find if for under $300 I highly recommend it. (I "lost" a first edition copy from my public libray. Replacement fee-established in '69- was $4.95)

[Nergaladdictchic]

@oblayus He has nose putty on to make his nose look different. It's definitely him...

[Ansuzie]

Maybe only 2 Greats

[Ansuzie]

This may sound stupid to you but it's true. I'm related to Basil Rathbone (admittedly in a very vague way, but proud of it anyway)

He's my Great Great Great uncle-in-law.

See, sounds silly but I like it.

[lioness901]

Whoa thats totally cool!!....I hope ya dont mind me sayin so but your great great great uncle-in-law is very hot and very handsome and I wish I could've met him

[oblayus]

Ansuzie, then you and i are related (as you say vaguely) Basil is a distant uncle on my mothers side. alo the block island Rathbones, etc =) there is a complete family history if you're interested =)

[Ansuzie]

ooo yes please! I'm linked by my brother-in-law (his last name is Rathbone) I think he'll also find that quite interesting. Thank you

[deadpool2099]

Did rathbone really perform this number?? I always thought it was another actor pretending to be Holmes pretending to be a another guy ala MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.

[lioness901]

I would date him if he was alive

[Nergaladdictchic]

@lioness901 I would too. He's just too gorgeous and intelligent and I love his manner. I would date him too if he was alive, and closer to my age, and if I was a bit older than fifteen in a half.... :)

I luvs u Basil!

[woodyqpr]

my favourite actor of all time and this was him singing, in fact the only time he ever sang on film.

Winner of MC and proud Englishman, they don't make 'em like that anymore!!

[teenonator]

I never heard he won the MC, but that was not something they just stuck in cereal boxes. He must have been quite brave

[diddymuck]

I'm not altogether positive that that IS Basil Rathbone. Ears, size and shape of body, free-moving posture, and a completely different singing register. He speaks in Rathbone voice afterwards and appears in ill-lit conversation with Ms. Lupino, however it seems a diff. person; the ill-lit moment may have THEN been BR dressed as this performer, but not before.

[Boltneck13]

If you've ever seen the illustrations for the original Strand magazine stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, it's funny to notice Basil Rathbone is the spitting image of Sidney Pagett's characterization Sherlock Holmes! And I'm not even sure he'd been born yet.

[ericthefrootbat]

Rathbone is so much like Paget's illustrations of Holmes. That is why Rathbone IS Sherlock Holmes :)

[AlannTH]

Basil Rathbone, legend. bygone age that will sadly never be repeated.

[berliita]

Hooey! I'm sure that's what some Athenians said after Thespis of Icaria had passed away 26 centuries ago. There have always been, and there will always be, great actors and actresses. Rathbone was surely one of them. But since his death other actors and actresses have rendered great performances. In fact, another great actor, who is quite reminiscent of Rathbone, and who likewise portrayed Holmes, passed away earlier this year, namely Ian Richardson.

[PLScotland]

Of course you hate him, a brilliant actor, raconteur and and not least of all a reluctant war hero. Whats there to like?

[andrewdl007]

Wow...Ive never seen Rathbone sing. If this is in a Shrelock Holmes I sure dont remember it.

[crazyaznnutter]

How can you hate him?

He was ONE of the best Sherlocks ever!

[MadameAdam]

Rathbone... God how I hate him!

[lioness901]

OH MY GOSH!! I LOVE HIM!! HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY HATE HIM?? HES HOT MAN!! got a cute butt to..

[Nergaladdictchic]

@lioness901 He's a VERY HOTT man!! He totally has a cute butt... Just makes me wanna pinch it, and run away giggling like a little girl...

[oblayus]

you hate him? did you know him personally? did he run over your cat? grow up