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| Basil DEARDEN | Basil Clive Dear |
Born in 1911 as Basil Clive Dear, Dearden lost his father during World War I; his mother was left to raise six children on her own. Unable to care for all of them, she eventually gave Basil up to an orphanage. Largely self-taught, he worked as an actor and production manager on the London stage before joining Ealing Studios in 1937. His first directorial efforts were comedies starring the popular actor Will Hay, which he co-directed with Hay. After World War II Dearden went on to direct the Technicolor costume drama Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948), the police drama The Blue Lamp (1950), the racial prejudice drama Sapphire (1959) and Victim (1961), the groundbreaking film about homosexuality. Through much of his career he worked closely with the art director Michael Relph, starting with The Bells Go Down. Relph later produced many of Dearden's films as well. Over time, Dearden developed a reputation for reliable professionalism that caused many younger British critics to view his work as ploddingly earnest, though high-profile figures such as the film critic Raymond Durgnat and the director Richard Attenborough have expressed their admiration for him. Dearden's last film before his 1971 death in a motorcycle accident was The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970), which features what is arguably Roger Moore's best performance. [tcm.com > The Bells Go Down, 1943] "I did enjoy working with Basil Dearden. He had a reputation of being tough and instilled fear into some of the crew. He was just a perfectionist." Rita Tushingham (A Place to Go, 1963) |
* 01.01.1911, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, England,
GB † 23.03.1971, London, England, GB| FILMS |
The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1941-GB; R: Basil Dearden, Will Hay, B: Angus MacPhail, John Dighton, K: Günther Krampf, Eric Cross, ML: Ernest Irving, D: Will Hay: Professor Davis, John Mills: Bobby Jessop, Basil Sydney: Costello) 80m-Kriegskomödie (4201) The Goose Steps Out (1942-GB; R: Basil Dearden, Will Hay, B: Angus MacPhail, John Dighton, K: Ernest Palmer, M: Bretton Byrd, D: Will Hay, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Croft, Barry Morse, Peter Ustinov, Anne Firth) 79m-Kriegskomödie (4208) The Bells Go Down (1942-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Roger MacDougall, K: Ernest Palmer, M: Roy Douglas, D: Tommy Trinder, James Mason) 90m-Tragikomödie (Buch von Stephen Black, 1942) (4305) My Learned Friend (1943-GB; R: Basil Dearden, Will Hay, B: Angus MacPhail, John Dighton, K: Wilkie Cooper, M: Ernest Irving, D: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns) 76m-Schwarze Komödie (4310) The Halfway House (1943-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Angus MacPhail, Diana Morgan; Roland Pertwee, T.E.B. Clarke, K: Wilkie Cooper, M: [Lord] Berners, D: Françoise Rosay, Tom Walls, Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns, Alfred Drayton, Esmond Knight) 96m-Fantasydrama (frei nach Bühnenstück The Peaceful Inn von Denis Ogden, 1940) (4404) They Came to a City (1944-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Basil Dearden, Sidney Cole, K: Stanley Pavey, D: John Clements * Googie Withers) 78m-Fantasydrama (Bühnenstück von J.B. Priestley, 1943) (4408 | 4502) Dead of Night (Traum ohne Ende, 1945-GB; B: John Baines, Angus MacPhail; T.E.B. Clarke, K: Stan/ley Pavey, Douglas Slocombe, M: Georges Auric > linking narrative [einzelne Episoden verbindende Erzählstruktur] * R: Basil Dearden, D: Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Googie Withers, Sally Ann Howes, Anthony Baird, Mary Merrall, Frederick Valk, Renée Gadd + Hearse Driver * R: Basil Dearden, D: Anthony Baird, Judy Kelly, Miles Malleson) 104m-Episodenfilm (4509) The Captive Heart (Das gefangene Herz, 1945-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Angus MacPhail, Guy Morgan, K: Douglas Slocombe, M: Alan Rawsthorne, D: Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Gordon Jackson, Jimmy Hanley, Rachel Kempson, Basil Radford, Jack Warner, Guy Middleton, Jane Barrett) 104m-Kriegsmelodram (4604) Frieda (1947-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Angus MacPhail, Ronald Millar, K: Gordon Dines, M: John Greenwood, D: David Farrar * Glynis Johns * Flora Robson * Albert Lieven & Mai Zetterling) 98m-Drama (Bühnenstück von Ronald Millar, 1946) (4706) Saraband for Dead Lovers (Königsliebe, 1948-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick, K: Douglas Slocombe, M: Alan Rawsthorne, D: Stewart Granger * Françoise Rosay * Joan Greenwood * Flora Robson) 96m-Historienmelodram (Roman von Helen Simpson, 1935) (4809) Train of Events (1949-GB; B: Basil Dearden, T.E.B. Clarke, Ronald Millar, Angus MacPhail, M: Leslie Bridgewater > The Prisoner-of-War * R: Basil Dearden, K: Gordon Dines, D: Joan Dowling, Laurence Payne, Olga Lindo + The Actor * R: Basil Dearden, K: Gordon Dines, D: Peter Finch, Mary Morris, Laurence Naismith, Doris Yorke) 89m-Episodenfilm (4908) The Blue Lamp (Die blaue Lampe, 1949-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: T.E.B. Clarke; Alexander Mackendrick, K: Gordon Dines, ML: Ernest Irving, D: Jack Warner * Jimmy Hanley * Dirk Bogarde * Robert Flemyng) 85m-Krimi (5001) Cage of Gold (Frau im Netz, 1950-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Jack Whittingham, K: Douglas Slocombe, M: Georges Auric, D: Jean Simmons * David Farrar * James Donald) 83m-Krimi (5009) Pool of London (Unterwelt, 1950-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Jack Whittingham, John Eldridge, K: Gordon Dines, M: John Addison, D: Bonar Colleano ° Susan Shaw ° Renée Asherson ° Moira Lister ° Earl Cameron) 85m-Krimidrama (5102) I Believe in You (1951/52-GB; R: Michael Relph, Basil Dearden, B: Jack Whittingham, Michael Relph, Basil Dearden; Nicholas Phipps, K: Gordon Dines, M: Ernest Irving, D: Celia Johnson * Cecil Parker * Godfrey Tearle) 95m-Drama (Buch Court Circular von Sewell Stokes, 1950) (5203) The Gentle Gunman (Die Bombe im U-Bahn-Schacht, 1952-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Roger MacDougall, K: Gordon Dines, M: John Greenwood, D: John Mills * Dirk Bogarde * Robert Beatty * Elizabeth Sellars) 86m-Drama (Bühnenstück von Roger MacDougall, 1950) (5210) The Square Ring (Jim, der letzte Sieger, 1953-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Robert Westerby; Peter Myers, Alec Grahame, K: Otto Heller, ML: Dock Mathieson, D: Jack Warner * Robert Beatty * Maxwell Reed * Joan Collins * Kay Kendall * Bernadette O'Farrell) 83m-Drama (Bühnenstück von Ralph W. Peterson, 1952) (5307) The Rainbow Jacket (Kleiner Jockey ganz groß, 1954-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: T.E.B. Clarke, K: Otto Heller, M: William Alwyn, D: Kay Walsh * Bill Owen * Edward Underdown & Robert Morley) 99m-Drama (5405) Out of the Clouds (1954-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: John Eldridge, Michael Relph; Rex Rienits, K: Paul Beeson, M: Richard Addinsell, D: Anthony Steel * Robert Beatty * David Knight * Margo Lorenz) 88m-Drama (Buch The Springboard von John Fores, 1956) (06-?; 5502) The Ship That Died of Shame (1954/55-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: John Whiting, Michael Relph, Basil Dearden, K: Gordon Dines, M: William Alwyn, D: Richard Attenborough * George Baker * Bill Owen * Virginia McKenna) 95m-Thrillerdrama (Kurzgeschichte von Nicholas Monsarrat, 1952) (5504) Who Done It? (1955/56-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: T.E.B. Clarke, K: Otto Heller, M: Philip Green, D: Benny Hill * Belinda Lee, David Kossoff) 85m-Komödie (5603) The Smallest Show on Earth (Die kleinste Schau der Welt, 1956-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: William Rose, John Eldridge, K: Douglas Slocombe, M: William Alwyn, D: Bill Travers ° Virginia McKenna ° Margaret Rutherford ° Peter Sellers) 81m-Komödie (5704) Violent Playground (Kinder der Straße, 1957-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: James Kennaway, K: Reginald Wyer, M: Philip Green, D: Stanley Baker * Peter Cushing * Anne Heywood * David McCallum) 108m-Krimidrama (5801) Sapphire (Das Mädchen Saphir, 1959-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Janet Green; Lukas Heller, K: Harry Waxman, M: Philip Green, D: Nigel Patrick * Yvonne Mitchell * Michael Craig * Paul Massie, Bernard Miles) 92m-Thrillerdrama (5904) The League of Gentlemen (1959/60-GB) (Roman von John Boland) (11-?; 6004) Man in the Moon (1960-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Michael Relph, Bryan Forbes, K: Harry Waxman, M: Philip Green, D: Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Hordern) 99m-Sci-Fi-Komödie (6010) The Secret Partner (Der unheimliche Komplize, 1960-GB) (09-?; 6105) Victim (Der Teufelskreis, 1961-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Janet Green, John McCormick, K: Otto Heller, M: Philip Green, D: Dirk Bogarde * Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price) 100m-Krimi (6108) All Night Long (Die heiße Nacht, 1961-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Nel King, Peter Achilles [=Paul Jarrico], K: Ted/Edward Scaife, ML: Philip Green, D: Patrick McGoohan * Keith Michell * Betsy Blair * Paul Harris * Marti Stevens & Richard Attenborough) 95m-Drama (6202) Life for Ruth (Brennende Schuld, 1962-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Janet Green, John McCormick, K: Otto Heller, M: William Alwyn, D: Michael Craig * Patrick McGoohan & Janet Munro) 93m-Drama (6209) The Mind Benders (Fesseln der Seele, 1962-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: James Kennaway, K: Denys Coop, M: Georges Auric, D: Dirk Bogarde * Mary Ure * John Clements) 113m-Psychodrama (6302) A Place to Go (1963-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Michael Relph, Clive Exton, K: Reginald Wyer, M: Charles Blackwell, D: Rita Tushingham * Michael Sarne * Bernard Lee) 86m-Krimidrama (Roman Bethnal Green von Michael Fisher, 1961) (6307 | 6404) Woman of Straw (Die Strohpuppe, 1963-GB) (Roman von Catherine Arley) (?-11; 6404) Masquerade (Agenten lassen bitten, 1964-GB) (Roman von Victor Canning) (6504) Khartoum (Khartoum, 1965/66-GB) (6606) Only When I Larf (1968-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: John Salmon; Patrick Tilley, K: Anthony B. Richmond, M: Ron Grainer, D: Richard Attenborough * David Hemmings, Alexandra Stewart) 103m-Komödie (Roman von Len Deighton, 1968) (6806) The Assassination Bureau (Mörder GmbH, 1968-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Michael Relph; Wolf Mankowitz, K: Geoffrey Unsworth, M: Ron Grainer, D: Oliver Reed ° Diana Rigg ° Telly Savalas) 110m-Krimikomödie (01-?; 6903) The Man Who Haunted Himself (Ein Mann jagt sich selbst, 1969-GB; R: Basil Dearden, B: Basil Dearden, Michael Relph, K: Tony Spratling, M: Michael J. Lewis, D: Roger Moore, Olga Georges-Picot, Hildegard Neil) 94m-Psychokrimi (Roman The Strange Case of Mr Pelham von Anthony Armstrong, 1957) (08-?; 7002) |
| BOOK |
Alan Burton, Tim O'Sullivan, Paul Wells [Hg.]: Liberal Directions: Basil Dearden and Postwar British Film Culture. Trowbridge: Flicks Books, 1997 |
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