Rathbone was an established stage star on both sides of the Atlantic before making his US film debut in 1924. With the emergence of sound his precise, clipped diction, combined with his suave, somewhat pointed features, confirmed him as Hollywood's debonair villain of choice, at home in both swashbucklers and drawing room fare. He played elegant, sardonic and thoroughly worthless characters in…
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