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James Basevi (1890–1962)

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James Basevi saw military service with the 2nd Canadian Division during the First World War and fought at the Battle of Amiens as a machine gunner. He attained the rank of major and was decorated and mentioned in dispatches . After being demobilized, he first returned to Canada, then settled in the United States... See full bio »

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in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

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(age 71) in Bellflower, California, USA
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1956 The Searchers
 
1955 East of Eden
 
1953 Island in the Sky
 
1953 Battle Circus
 
1952 My Man and I
 
1952 Just This Once
 
1951 Across the Wide Missouri
 
1951 The People Against O'Hara
 
1950 To Please a Lady
 
1950 Wagon Master
 
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
 
1948 3 Godfathers
 
1948 Fort Apache
 
1947 Captain from Castile
 
1947 Thunder in the Valley
 
1947 The Homestretch
 
1947 Carnival in Costa Rica
 
1947 The Late George Apley
 
1947 The Brasher Doubloon
 
1947 13 Rue Madeleine
 
1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
 
1946 Duel in the Sun
 
1946 Margie
 
1946 My Darling Clementine
 
1946 Home, Sweet Homicide
 
1946 If I'm Lucky
 
1946 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
 
1946 Somewhere in the Night
 
1946 Strange Triangle
 
1946 The Dark Corner
 
1946 Johnny Comes Flying Home
 
1946 Claudia and David
 
1945 Spellbound
 
1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
 
1944 Greenwich Village
 
1944 In the Meantime, Darling
 
1944 Wilson
 
1944 Home in Indiana
 
1944 Roger Touhy, Gangster
 
1944 Ladies of Washington
 
1944 The Eve of St. Mark
 
1944 Bermuda Mystery
 
1944 Pin Up Girl
 
1944 Buffalo Bill
 
1944 Tampico
 
1944 Four Jills in a Jeep
 
1944 The Purple Heart
 
1944 The Fighting Sullivans
 
1944 The Lodger
 
1944 Lifeboat
 
1943 No Exceptions (short)
 
1943 Jane Eyre
 
1943 The Song of Bernadette
 
1943 The Dancing Masters
 
1943 Happy Land
 
1943 Guadalcanal Diary
 
1943 Paris After Dark
 
1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady
 
1943 Wintertime
 
1943 Holy Matrimony
 
1943 Heaven Can Wait
 
1943 Stormy Weather
 
1943 Bomber's Moon
 
1943 Jitterbugs
 
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
 
1943 They Came to Blow Up America
 
1943 The Moon Is Down
 
1943 Hello Frisco, Hello
 
1943 Claudia
 
1942 The Black Swan
 
1942 Thunder Birds [Soldiers of the Air]
 
1942 Moontide
 
1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
 
1941 A Yank in the R.A.F.
 
1941 Tobacco Road
 
1940 The Long Voyage Home
 
1940 The Westerner
 
1939 Raffles
 
1939 The Real Glory
 
1939 They Shall Have Music
 
1939 Wuthering Heights
 
1926 Dance Madness
 
1925 The Circle
 
1925 Pretty Ladies
 
1925 Confessions of a Queen
 
Show ShowSpecial Effects (8 titles)
1938 Blockade (special effects)
 
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo (special effects)
 
1937 The Hurricane (hurricane and special effects staged by)
 
1937 Dead End (special effects)
 
1937 History Is Made at Night (special technical effects)
 
1937 The Good Earth (special effects: locust sequence - uncredited)
 
1936 San Francisco (special effects - uncredited)
 
1934 Tarzan and His Mate (special effects director - uncredited)
 
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1938 The Cowboy and the Lady (associate art director)
 
1926 Bardelys the Magnificent (sets)
 
1925 Soul Mates (sets)
 
1925 The Big Parade (settings)
 
1925 The Tower of Lies (sets)
 
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1944 In the Meantime, Darling
 
1926 The Temptress (settings)
 
1926 The Devil's Circus (settings)
 
1925 Pretty Ladies (setting)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (2 titles)
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1935 China Seas (miniatures - uncredited)
 
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1929 The Mysterious Island (technical effects)
 

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