
A mill worker is plucked from obscurity and thrust towards fame and fortune when an ailing composer needs a singer to perform his work. Read More »
Tag Archives: Basil Dean
Sing As We Go! (1934) Basil Dean, Gracie Fields, John Loder, Dorothy Hyson

When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool. Read More »
Look Up and Laugh (1935) Basil Dean, Gracie Fields, Vivien Leigh, Douglas Wakefield

Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. Read More »
The Impassive Footman (1932) Basil Dean, Owen Nares, Betty Stockfeld, Allan Jeayes

Grace Marwood and her husband, a hopeless hypochondriac, take a cruise where she falls Read More »
Looking on the Bright Side (1932) Graham Cutts, Basil Dean, Gracie Fields, Richard Dolman, Julian Rose

Gracie and Laurie are lovers who together form a musical act. Read More »
21 Days (1940) Basil Dean, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover’s blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Read More »
Loyalties (1933) Basil Dean, Thorold Dickinson, Basil Rathbone, Heather Thatcher, Miles Mander

While a houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis Read More »
Autumn Crocus (1934) Basil Dean, Ivor Novello, Fay Compton, Muriel Aked

A teacher falls in love with the married owner of the guest house in which she is staying during a holiday to Austria. Read More »
Whom the Gods Love (1936) Basil Dean, Stephen Haggard, Victoria Hopper, John Loder

The story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professional jealousy, with music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Read More »
Lorna Doone (1934) Basil Dean, Victoria Hopper, John Loder, Margaret Lockwood

High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600’s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna. Read More »