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THE BASIL RATHBONE BLOGATHON: Tower of London, 1939

Caftan Woman Posted by on Jun 13, 2020

Pale Writer is hosting The Suave Swordsman: Basil Rathbone Blogathon on June 13th and 14th. Click HERE to read about the actor's exciting life and career. Thank you, Gabriela. Richard III plays a dangerous game of thrones in Tower of London, 1939 from Universal Studios. The historical epic wa read more

Tower of London (1962, Roger Corman)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 15, 2019

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused footage. Director Corm read more

Tower of London (1962, Roger Corman)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 15, 2019

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused footage. Director Corm read more

Tower of London (1962, Roger Corman)

The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 15, 2019

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused footage. Director Corm read more

Tower of London (1962, Roger Corman)

The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 15, 2019

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused footage. Director Corm read more

Richard III and Disinformation in TOWER OF LONDON (1939)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 8, 2019

One probably doesn't go looking for timely political commentary in a film like Tower of London (1939), which offers a mashup of history and horror in its retelling of the bloody rise and fall of England's most reviled monarch. Much of the plot is familiar to viewers thanks to broad cultural awarenes read more

Classic Films in Focus: TOWER OF LONDON (1939)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 18, 2016

Tower of London (1939) lacks the poetic grandeur of Shakespeare's Richard III, but the story remains more or less the same, with an atmosphere of horror injected into the historical drama through the appearance of genre icons like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price. As history goes, this is bloody stuf read more

Classic Films in Focus: TOWER OF LONDON (1939)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 18, 2016

Tower of London (1939) lacks the poetic grandeur of Shakespeare's Richard III, but the story remains more or less the same, with an atmosphere of horror injected into the historical drama through the appearance of genre icons like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price. As history goes, this is bloody stuf read more

Tower of London (1939) (2)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 28, 2014

Tower of London Directed by Rowland V. Lee Written by Robert N. Lee 1939/USA Universal Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental   This fairly lame retelling of Richard III does not have nearly enough Karloff in it. Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Basil Rathbone), eliminates the heirs that stand betwe read more

Son of Frankenstein and Tower of London

The Baz Posted by Neve on Apr 1, 2013

I thought I’d talk briefly about two movies – SON OF FRANKENSTEIN and TOWER OF LONDON – the Baz made for Universal between November 1938 and October 1939. The quotations are courtesy of Cinegeek.

“In the scene where Bela slowly tells Basil “He does things for me” and there read more

TOWER OF LONDON (1939) (1)

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 8, 2013

One of the trending topics this week on the internet has been the discovery of the supposed remains of 15th Century English monarch Richard III. I'm no expert on the British Royal family, or the plays of William Shakespeare. But I do know a little bit about films made at Universal Studios in th read more

TOWER OF LONDON (1939)

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 8, 2013

One of the trending topics this week on the internet has been the discovery of the supposed remains of 15th Century English monarch Richard III. I'm no expert on the British Royal family, or the plays of William Shakespeare. But I do know a little bit about films made at Universal Studios in th read more