BASIL RATHBONE - DOCUMENT SIGNED 04/12/1946 - HFSID 226437

BASIL RATHBONE
Rathbone signed this document in1946 to appear on the April 18, 1946 episode of Rudy Vallee's radio program.
Document signed by "Basil Rathbone" and by assistant treasurer of Loew's Incorporated. 2 pages, 8½x11, single-sided sheets. April 12, 1946. Addressed to Mr. Basil Rathbone, c/o Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Culver City, California. This document gave Rathbone permission to appear on the April 18, 1946 episode of the Rudy Vallee radio show. There were a few conditions: MGM's publicity department would have to approve the program before broadcast and Rathbone would have to be announced that he was appearing courtesy of MGM. Rathbone (1892-1967, born Philip St. John Basil Rathbone in Johannesburg, South Africa), who appeared on Broadway 23 times and won the 1948 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (The Heiress), is also known for his film work in period costume dramas. He was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for playing Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (1936) and King Louis XVI in If I Were King (1938). Rathbone also appeared as Murdstone in David Copperfield (1934), Evremonde in Tale of Two Cities (1935), Pontius Pilate in The Last Days of Pompeii (1936), Karenin in Anna Karenina (1936) and Guy of Gisbourne in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). In 1939, he was cast as Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles, the first of 14 screen appearances as Conan Doyle's master detective. Rathbone also played Holmes on radio from 1939 to 1946. Lightly toned and creased. Two file holes at top edge. Staple holes at top edge. Otherwise in fine condition.