Basil Dean

About

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Birth Place
Croydon, England
Born
September 27, 1888
Died
April 22, 1978

Filmography

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21 Days Together (1940)
Director
Look Up and Laugh (1935)
Director
Lorna Doone (1935)
Director
The Constant Nymph (1934)
Director
Sing As We Go (1934)
Director
Autumn Crocus (1934)
Director

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Constant Nymph, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You've Broken My Spine

Family & Companions

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Victoria Hopper
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Actor.

Biography

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

21 Days Together (1940)
Director
Look Up and Laugh (1935)
Director
Lorna Doone (1935)
Director
The Constant Nymph (1934)
Director
Sing As We Go (1934)
Director
Autumn Crocus (1934)
Director
Woman in Bondage (1932)
Director
The Impassive Footman (1932)
Director
Looking on the Bright Side (1932)
Director
The Perfect Alibi (1931)
Director
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
Director

Writer (Feature Film)

21 Days Together (1940)
Screenwriter
The Constant Nymph (1934)
Dial
The Perfect Alibi (1931)
Scen
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
Screenwriter
The Constant Nymph (1928)
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Producer (Feature Film)

21 Days Together (1940)
Associate Producer
Feather Your Nest (1937)
Producer
The Lonely Road (1936)
Producer
Lorna Doone (1935)
Producer
Look Up and Laugh (1935)
Producer
Java Head (1934)
Producer
Footsteps in the Night (1932)
Producer
Woman in Bondage (1932)
Producer
The Sign of Four (1932)
Producer
The Perfect Alibi (1931)
Producer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Constant Nymph (1928)
Production Supervisor

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Constant Nymph, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Please Don't Shoot Anything With servant Roberto (Edward Ciannelli), Swiss teen sisters Tessa (Joan Fontaine) and Paula (Joyce Reynolds) update friend Fritz (Peter Lorre), visiting after their father's death and the arrival of their English uncle (Charles Coburn), in The Constant Nymph, 1943, Edmund Goulding directing.
Constant Nymph, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You've Broken My Spine First scene for Joan Fontaine, unleashed as Swiss teen Tessa, telling sisters (Jean Muir as "Kate," Joyce Reynolds "Paula") of a family friend (Charles Boyer, not seen) arriving, grouchy stepmother (Joan Blair) not spoiling it, Edmund Goulding directing, The Constant Nymph, 1943.
21 Days (1940) -- (Movie Clip) A Man Must Pay For His Pleasure Joining Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, both in their first scene, before their romance was known in public, in an Alexander Korda production shot in 1937 but released in 1940, as ne’er-do-well English Larry and Russian emigrè Wanda, surprised to meet Esme Percy, in 21 Days.
21 Days (1940) -- (Movie Clip) I Got Him By The Throat Laurence Olivier, whose character shares his nickname, Larry, skulks into the London offices of his big-shot barrister brother Keith (Leslie Banks), whom he doesn’t know is campaigning to be made a judge, sharing bad news, in 21 Days, made in 1937, released in 1940.
21 Days (1940) -- (Movie Clip) The World Can Frighten You Big-shot London lawyer Durrant (Leslie Banks), helping cover for his brother (Laurence Olivier, not seen) who accidentally killed the estranged husband of his Russian emigrè mistress Wanda (Vivien Leigh), visits her flat, in producer Alexander Korda’s 21Days, 1940.
Constant Nymph, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) When Thou Art Dead Swiss country teens Tessa (Joan Fontaine) and Paula (Joyce Reynolds) rush to greet sister Toni (Brenda Marshall), returned from travel with an older man, composer and family friend Lewis (Charles Boyer), with fourth sister Kate (Jean Muir), helping console her, in The Constant Nymph, 1943.
Constant Nymph, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Brandy Will Not Calm You Opening scene finds composer Lewis (Charles Boyer) coming unglued over London reviews of his latest work, his Brussels landlord (Marcel Dalio), landlady (Jeanine Crispin) and doctor (Andre Charlot) in the wake, opening The Constant Nymph, 1943, co-starring Joan Fontaine and Alexis Smith.

Companions

Victoria Hopper
Companion
Actor.

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