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Sun 26
Caesar and Cleopatra — Basil Sydney
Adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play in which Julius Caesar pays a visit to Cleopatra in Egypt and, captivated by her beauty and brains, teaches her the ways of the government.
Air Time & Details for Basil Sydney, Sun 26, 12:00 am -
Wed 29
Around the World in 80 Days — Basil Sydney
Best Picture adaptation of Jules Verne's novel is a star-studded spectacle set in 1872, where a fastidious adventurer wagers 20,000 pounds with members of the London Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days.
Air Time & Details for Basil Sydney, Wed 29, 8:00 pm -
Sat 1
Laurel and Hardy: Dirty Work — Basil Sydney
"Dirty Work." (1933) Stan and Ollie stir the soot as chimney sweeps.
Air Time & Details for Basil Sydney, Sat 1, 2:42 am
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Biography
About Basil Sydney
On the British stage from the age of 15, Basil Sydney first toured the U.S. in 1914, just before his army service in World War I. During the postwar years, Sydney established himself as a dependable leading man, rising to matinee idol status with the London stage hit Romance. It was this property which also launched his screen career in 1920.
Though he spent most of the 1930s in America, Sydney avoided film work in Hollywood because the producers would not honor his request that he only appear in movie versions of Shakespeare and Shaw. He resettled in England in the early '40s, where he appeared in such roles as Rufio in the 1945 filmization of Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, Claudius in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film version of Hamlet, and Captain Smollett in Walt Disney's British-filmed Treasure Island (1950). In 1956, Basil Sydney, together with several of his fellow British thespians, played an amusing cameo in Mike Todd's all-star Around the World in 80 Days.