Robin Hood and his adventures are perfect subjects ... There was plenty of star power in this version, including Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains as the villainous Sir Guy of Gisbourne and King ...

Eighty years ago this month, Warner Brothers’ The Adventures of Robin Hood was released ... and in Zorro he was up against Basil Rathbone, reputedly one of Hollywood’s finest swordsmen ...

1. Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone: “Captain Blood” (1935), “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1938). Moviedom’s primo duelists. Ironically, villain Rathbone, who always lost, was the ...

Also stars Olivia DeHavilland as Marian, Claude Rains, and Basil Rathbone. Directed by Michael Curtiz ( Casablanca). 3. The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) When Robin Hood's father ...

Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx and Ben Mendelsohn lead the cast in the latest big-screen iteration of the classic adventure story 'Robin Hood ... certainly did when Basil Rathbone dueled so memorably ...

and Basil Rathbone turns in a sinister performance as Guy of Gisborne, the antagonist who provides the most opportunity for Robin Hood to bust out his sword. Besides amusing character moments for ...

Many versions of the Robin Hood story contain the same leadership ... by one of Hollywood's great swashbuckling villains: Basil Rathbone (a few years before he became synonymous with Sherlock ...

A Robin Hood movie definitely not intended for children ... such as the dueling shadows of Robin and Guy of Gisbourne (Basil Rathbone) in the climax, or Robin stealing away Maid Marian (Olivia ...

Nobody played the bad guy like Rathbone and his next role in The Adventures of Robin Hood cemented him as the ... of a process which saw the end of Basil Rathbone the Shakesperian star and the ...