Excellent reading by Basil Rathbone. The pauses and voice inflections give shadings to the characters and show what a skilled, classical actor Rathbone was.
@Stephen Routledge Vincent Price, he seemed the toughest despite being urban. He could hurl a good pillow. Christopher Lee was in great physical shape back then, but he'd tally too long explaining his knowledge of pillow fighting and Rathbone would throw a pillow in his face. Peter Cushing is the end game. He was clearly a pillow fighting champion, having between John Carradine in the 1969 world championship, so whoever wins out of Lee, Rathbone and Price would have to face him.
@Stephen Routledge Yeah, Mark Pillow, is a true great indeed. I remember him taking down Chris Reeve and Ken Wahl, and those had strong left hooks. I believe Mark's surname was bestowed upon him due to his prowess... before it was the less interesting Mark Mattress. As for me, I was briefly trained by the pillow-fighting Sensei Stuffy McGee, but my dreams of being a pillow fighting champion went up in smoke when he was murder by members of the Black Eider Gang in an underground bare-pillow fight. I have made it my life's mission to defeat them in pillow fighting and avenge my master.
@Bill King. Rathbone has the correct pronunciation for ecclesiastical Latin. This is a burial, albeit macabre, and the poor gentleman entombed has received some semblance of his unexpected R.I.P.
@@jimmyjohnston8287 No it doesn't. Masons are just a club for various people of the various monotheistic religions; originally just Judaeo-Christians, but now more inclusively also Hindus, Zoroastrians and others. You can criticise Freemasons for a lot of reasons - their elitism for one - but all this nonsense about them being devil worshippers is complete bollocks and you should be ashamed for believing in insane conspiracy theories, you pillock. And the two who thumbed you up are idiots too, I am afraid to say.
Yes. Listen to his readings of The Telltale Heart and The Raven. Both are excellent. He read other Poe works as well. I’m sure that they are just as good. Rathbone was an excellent interpreter of E.A. Poe.
This is from a 1960 LP on Cædmon Records that also included “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”. There were a total of three albums (this is #2) and they’re all still in print after 60+ years, last I heard.
I've written an unusual mystery story, entitled HAZARD ON THE LOOSE - which can be found in a volume of my stories entitled SEVEN TALL TALES; available at Amazon as a book or kindle - which you may be interested in; and which bears some similarities to The Cask of Amontillado; in that the denouement takes place in the wine cellar of an old house, where two keen wine buffs are seemingly intent on sampling some fine old vintages. The tale concerns a businessman, by the name of Jack Hazard, who breaks out of jail, with outside help, after serving five years of a fifteen year sentence. He had already promised to murder the four executives that he claimed had deliberately framed him up and saw him sentenced on entirely trumped up charges. One by one they are tracked down and murdered; until only two of the four remain. One of the remaining two hires the services of two private detectives, to add to the police protection he has already. Though it is assumed by most people that Hazard is the murderer the private detectives voice their doubts about this and reason that Hazard would be far too focused on keeping a low profile and avoiding recapture - as a large police force is dedicated to that purpose - to pursue some bizarre revenge vendetta. Will events prove them right? But if it isn't Hazard, then who is the actual killer? Could you guess? Happy listening, and reading.
Excellent reading by Basil Rathbone. The pauses and voice inflections give shadings to the characters and show what a skilled, classical actor Rathbone was.
One of my favorite Poe short stories and Basil does a wonderful job of reading it.....
The most perfect short story ever. Superb reading by Rathbone.
Vincent Price's version of this is superb, but this one is its equal - though different. What a great example of a cultured 'upper class' voice.
@Stephen Routledge No. You're thinking of the 'Masque of the Red Death.'
@Stephen Routledge Almost(!) It's Vincent Price as Prince Prospero in the version *I* know.
I'm going to use this when I teach this story to my 10th graders in a few weeks. Thanks!
Beautiful audio quality, great reader.
A great author's work read by a great actor.
@Stephen Routledge Vincent Price, he seemed the toughest despite being urban. He could hurl a good pillow. Christopher Lee was in great physical shape back then, but he'd tally too long explaining his knowledge of pillow fighting and Rathbone would throw a pillow in his face.
Peter Cushing is the end game. He was clearly a pillow fighting champion, having between John Carradine in the 1969 world championship, so whoever wins out of Lee, Rathbone and Price would have to face him.
@Stephen Routledge Yeah, Mark Pillow, is a true great indeed. I remember him taking down Chris Reeve and Ken Wahl, and those had strong left hooks. I believe Mark's surname was bestowed upon him due to his prowess... before it was the less interesting Mark Mattress.
As for me, I was briefly trained by the pillow-fighting Sensei Stuffy McGee, but my dreams of being a pillow fighting champion went up in smoke when he was murder by members of the Black Eider Gang in an underground bare-pillow fight. I have made it my life's mission to defeat them in pillow fighting and avenge my master.
@Bill King. Rathbone has the correct pronunciation for ecclesiastical Latin. This is a burial, albeit macabre, and the poor gentleman entombed has received some semblance of his unexpected R.I.P.
In response to Bill King. You are both correct sir. You are giving a classical Latin pronunciation whereas the reader is using Ecclesiastical.
"For the love of God, montressor!" "Yes!" I said. " for the love... Of God."
Watch Abelard Reuchlin. (To a high-ranking Mason, 'God' means Lucifer.)
@@jimmyjohnston8287 No it doesn't. Masons are just a club for various people of the various monotheistic religions; originally just Judaeo-Christians, but now more inclusively also Hindus, Zoroastrians and others. You can criticise Freemasons for a lot of reasons - their elitism for one - but all this nonsense about them being devil worshippers is complete bollocks and you should be ashamed for believing in insane conspiracy theories, you pillock.
And the two who thumbed you up are idiots too, I am afraid to say.
What a beautiful voice!
holy cow he killed him dude
A very nice good quality rendition. :D
Wonderful! Thanx!
This deserves more views
Thank you for this
The eye of course is silver in the cupboard of the stagestop of the bridge uniting sucrose and amber of John, and Mr. Order.
The is not what I imagine, but tens times better
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My teacher showed me this
Best reading ! Did Basil Rathbone do any other Edgar Allan Poe ?
Yes. Listen to his readings of The Telltale Heart and The Raven. Both are excellent. He read other Poe works as well. I’m sure that they are just as good. Rathbone was an excellent interpreter of E.A. Poe.
This is from a 1960 LP on Cædmon Records that also included “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”. There were a total of three albums (this is #2) and they’re all still in print after 60+ years, last I heard.
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I've written an unusual mystery story, entitled HAZARD ON THE LOOSE - which can be found in a volume of my stories entitled SEVEN TALL TALES; available at Amazon as a book or kindle - which you may be interested in; and which bears some similarities to The Cask of Amontillado; in that the denouement takes place in the wine cellar of an old house, where two keen wine buffs are seemingly intent on sampling some fine old vintages. The tale concerns a businessman, by the name of Jack Hazard, who breaks out of jail, with outside help, after serving five years of a fifteen year sentence. He had already promised to murder the four executives that he claimed had deliberately framed him up and saw him sentenced on entirely trumped up charges. One by one they are tracked down and murdered; until only two of the four remain. One of the remaining two hires the services of two private detectives, to add to the police protection he has already. Though it is assumed by most people that Hazard is the murderer the private detectives voice their doubts about this and reason that Hazard would be far too focused on keeping a low profile and avoiding recapture - as a large police force is dedicated to that purpose - to pursue some bizarre revenge vendetta. Will events prove them right? But if it isn't Hazard, then who is the actual killer? Could you guess? Happy listening, and reading.
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