Basil Woon
Encyclopedia
Basil Dillon Woon was a British
playwright
, American
author, and American
journalist.
in 1930, and he was credited as a writer for the 1933 film Pilgrimage
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author, and American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
journalist.
- Worked for
- United Press covering the Mexican RevolutionMexican RevolutionThe Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution...
- New York WorldNew York WorldThe New York World was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers...
- The Houston Press
- San Francisco News
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Filmography
His writings were used in several films from the 1920s through the 1940s. His play Misdeal was adapted into the film Recaptured LoveRecaptured Love
Recaptured Love is an All-Talking musical drama film based on the play Misdeal by Basil Woon.-Plot:In this drama, a 50-year-old married man goes with his wife and son to a nightclub in a fancy hotel in Detroit...
in 1930, and he was credited as a writer for the 1933 film Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage (1933 film)
-Cast:* Henrietta Crosman - Mrs. Hannah Jessop* Heather Angel - Suzanne* Norman Foster - Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop * Lucille La Verne - Mrs. Kelly Hatfield* Maurice Murphy - Gary Worth* Marian Nixon - Mary Saunders...
- The Painted Lady (1925) (story) ... aka Red Lips (UK)
- Recaptured LoveRecaptured LoveRecaptured Love is an All-Talking musical drama film based on the play Misdeal by Basil Woon.-Plot:In this drama, a 50-year-old married man goes with his wife and son to a nightclub in a fancy hotel in Detroit...
(1930) (play "Misdeal") - Men on Call (1930) (writer)
- While Paris Sleeps (1932) (writer) (20th Century Fox20th Century FoxTwentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
) - PilgrimagePilgrimage (1933 film)-Cast:* Henrietta Crosman - Mrs. Hannah Jessop* Heather Angel - Suzanne* Norman Foster - Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop * Lucille La Verne - Mrs. Kelly Hatfield* Maurice Murphy - Gary Worth* Marian Nixon - Mary Saunders...
(1933) (uncredited) - The Perfect Crime (1937) (writer)
- Simply Terrific (1938) (story)
- Two for Danger (1940) (writer)
- Freedom RadioFreedom RadioFreedom Radio 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 about an underground German resistance group who run a radio station broadcasting against the...
(1941) (screenplay and dialogue) ... aka A Voice in the Night (USA) - This Was Paris (1942) (story) ... aka So This Was Paris
- Rhythm Serenade (1943) (screenplay)
- Flight from Folly (1945) (writer)
- Gaiety George (1946) (dialogue) ... aka Showtime (USA)