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Career. Dearden graduated from theatre direction to film, working as an assistant to Basil Dean. He later changed his own name to Dearden to avoid confusion with his mentor. He wrote This Man Is News (1938), a hugely popular quota quickie [4] and wrote and directed a film for TV Under Suspicion (1939). He was assistant director on Penny ...
Basil Dearden was a British director, producer and writer who made films on themes such as homosexuality and race relations. He died in a car crash in 1971, the same year he directed The Man Who Haunted Himself.
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Basil Dearden was a British filmmaker who co-directed with Will Hay and later collaborated with Michael Relph on controversial topics. See his movies, ratings, reviews, and personal details on Rotten Tomatoes.
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score Yet55%Director78%69%DirectorNo Score YetNo Score YetDirector100%66%DirectorAug 31, 2021 · That Basil Dearden’s film stands six decades later as a vital queer text, for all its compromises and socially baked-in offences, is a miracle, albeit one that demands some perspective and ...
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A review of the 1962 film All Night Long, part of the Eclipse Series 25, Basil Dearden's London Underground. The film is a musical adaptation of Othello with a biracial couple as the main characters, set in the London jazz scene of the 1960s.
Jan 25, 2011 · Explore the social and political themes of Basil Dearden's films from the late 1950s and early 1960s, such as Sapphire, The League of Gentlemen, and Victim. Learn about the director's career, collaborations, and legacy in this essay by Michael Koresky.
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Explore the late fifties and early sixties films of Basil Dearden, a quintessential figure of British cinema. These noir-tinged dramas deal with racism, homophobia, and the lingering effects of World War II in London.
