Basil Mason Movies

British screenwriter Basil Mason was active in films from 1931 to 1948. Generally assigned to programmers and quota quickies, Mason churned out such comedies as Aren't We All (1931) and What a Man (1938). He also wrote such crime mellers as Secret Lives (1937). Interrupting his film career to serve in WW II, Basil Mason returned in 1946 for a handful of low-budget thrillers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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The Primrose Path: 1934

In this romance, a doctor and his wife encounter rough seas when they embark upon a cruise. The trouble begins when the good doctor finds himself falling for a pretty author, and the author's partner falls in love with the physician's daughter. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Easy Money: 1934

The Jewel: 1933

Women Who Play: 1932

In this comedy, a mischievous wife begins tippling too much and hanging out with bogus blue-bloods and an adulterer who wants her. When her husband finds out, he teaches her a lesson. First he hires an actress to pretend to be a call-girl. He then sends the girl to one of the high-society parties to make the wife jealous. The ploy works and the chastened wife returns to her husband and her regular life. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Aren't We All?: 1932

The crackerjack director/cinematographer team of Harry Lachman and Rudolph Mate (Dante's Inferno, Our Relations) brought an extra veneer of class to the 1932 Gertrude Lawrence vehicle Aren't We All. She plays a shy and retiring lass who harbors a secret past indiscretion. Her "shameful" secret is revealed just as she plans to marry wealthy Owen Nares. The future husband expresses outrage, but his father Hugh Wakefield comes to Lawrence's rescue by exposing one or two of Nares' past peccadillos, and by inviting the girl's former lover to state his case. This British drawing room comedy was based on a stage play by the prolific Frederick Lonsdale. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Gertrude Lawrence, Hugh Wakefield, (more)

Ebb Tide: 1932

Sailor George Barraud and a shopgirl marry while the sailor's first girlfriend is in prison. When released, the girlfriend attempts to get her man back, but ends up saving the wife from suicide when the girlfriend realizes their true love. ~ Rovi

Insult: 1932

In this actioner, a half-Arab member of the Foreign Legion, previously court-martialed for insubordination, cannot earn his commander's trust. Eventually the commander locks him up. The leader then sends his own son to fight with native troops. Meanwhile the jailed soldier breaks out and rushes to save the commander's son. He willingly sacrifices his life for the young man. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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