Basil Dillon Woon (28 September 1893,

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– 4 June 1974

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author, and

journalist. He covered the

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Filmography

His writings were used in several films from the 1920s through the 1940s. His play ''Misdeal'' was adapted into the film ''

Recaptured Love ''Recaptured Love'' is a 1930 early talkie pre-Code musical drama film based on the play ''Misdeal'' by Basil Woon about a man who experiences a mid life crisis that results in his divorce. It stars Belle Bennett and John Halliday. Plot In this ...

'' in 1930, and he was credited as a writer for the 1933 film ''

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''. * ''The Painted Lady'' (1925) (story) ... Red Lips (UK) * ''

'' (1930) (play "Misdeal") * ''

Men on Call ''Men on Call'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone and written by James Kevin McGuinness and Basil Woon. The picture stars Edmund Lowe, Mae Clarke, William Harrigan, Sharon Lynn, Warren Hymer and Ruth Warren. T ...

'' (1931) (writer) * '' While Paris Sleeps'' (1932) (writer) (

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'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' The Perfect Crime'' (1937) (writer) * ''

Simply Terrific ''Simply Terrific'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Claude Hulbert, Reginald Purdell and Patricia Medina.Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. p.96 It was made at Teddi ...

'' (1938) (story) * '' Two for Danger'' (1940) (writer) * ''

Freedom Radio ''Freedom Radio'' (a.k.a. ''A Voice in the Night'') is a 1941 British propaganda film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Raymond Huntley and Derek Farr. It is set in Nazi Germany during the Second World War a ...

'' (1941) (screenplay and dialogue) ... a.k.a. A Voice in the Night (USA) * ''

This Was Paris ''This Was Paris'' is a 1942 British Second World War spy film directed by John Harlow and starring Ann Dvorak, Ben Lyon and Griffith Jones. It was shot at Teddington Studios. Plot British Captain Bill Hamilton meets and is attracted to Ame ...

'' (1942) (story) ... a.k.a. So This Was Paris * ''

Rhythm Serenade ''Rhythm Serenade'' is a 1943 British musical film directed by Gordon Wellesley and starring Vera Lynn, Peter Murray-Hill and Julien Mitchell. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art dire ...

'' (1943) (screenplay) * ''

Flight from Folly ''Flight from Folly'' is a 1945 British musical comedy film directed and produced by Herbert Mason, in his last directorial credit before moving onto production, for Warner Bros. The cast includes Pat Kirkwood, Hugh Sinclair and Tamara Desni an ...

'' (1945) (writer) * ''

Gaiety George ''Gaiety George'' is a 1946 British historical musical film directed by George King and Leontine Sagan and starring Richard Greene, Ann Todd and Peter Graves.Harper p.179 It is set in the late Victorian music hall, when an Irish impresario ...

'' (1946) (dialogue) ... ''aka Showtime'' (USA)

Death

Woon died in

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, 4 June 1974."Basil Woon, 80, Journalist, Dies", ''The New York Times'', 5 June 1977

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* * * * 1893 births 1974 deaths English male screenwriters English male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights 20th-century English male writers 20th-century English screenwriters British emigrants to the United States {{US-film-bio-stub