Frank Launder
SuivreScénario · Né(e) en 1906 · Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biographie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Launder (28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of them in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat. He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and worked briefly as a clerk before becoming an actor and then a playwright. He began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic Will Hay comedy Oh, Mr Porter! (1937). After writing a number of screenplays with Gilliat, including The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and Night Train to Munich for Carol Reed; the two men wrote and directed the wartime drama Millions Like Us (1943). After founding their own production company Individual Pictures, they produced a number of memorable dramas and thrillers including I See a Dark Stranger (1945) and Green for Danger (1946), but were best known for their comedies including The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) and most famously, the St Trinians series, based on Ronald Searle's cartoons set in an anarchic girls school. He was married to actress Bernadette O'Farrell from 1950 until his death in Monaco. The couple had two children.
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Filmographie
4.4The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
1980 · Réalisation
4.8Ooh...You Are Awful
1972
1972 · Executive Producer
6.0La nuit qui ne finit pas
1972
1972 · Executive Producer
6.2The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
1966 · Réalisation
6.2Joey Boy
1965
1965 · Réalisation
7.0Ring of Spies
1964
1964 · Writer
6.5The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
1960 · Réalisation
6.0The Bridal Path
1959
1959 · Réalisation
6.1Left Right and Centre
1959
1959 · Producer
6.8Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957
1957 · Réalisation
6.8Fortune Is a Woman
1957
1957 · Screenplay
7.0Une bombe pas comme les autres
1956
1956 · Producer
6.9Geordie
1955
1955 · Réalisation
6.9Un mari presque fidèle
1955
1955 · Producer
6.4Les Belles de Saint-Trinian
1954
1954 · Réalisation
6.7Folly to Be Wise
1952
1952 · Réalisation
5.9Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
1951 · Réalisation
6.9Secret d'état
1950
1950 · Producer
6.7The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950
1950 · Réalisation
5.9Le Lagon bleu
1949
1949 · Réalisation
7.0Londres appartient à moi
1948
1948 · Producer
7.2Captain Boycott
1947
1947 · Réalisation
6.7La couleur qui tue
1946
1946 · Producer
6.5L'Étrange Aventurière
1946
1946 · Réalisation
6.8The Rake's Progress
1945
1945 · Screenplay
6.9Prisonnières de guerre
1944
1944 · Réalisation
7.0Soldier, Sailor
1944
1944 · Screenplay
5.6Millions Like Us
1943
1943 · Réalisation
6.3Plongée à l'aube
1943
1943 · Writer
6.2The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
1942 · Screenplay
- Partners in Crime10.0
Partners in Crime
1942
1942 · Réalisation
6.1Kipps
1941
1941 · Screenplay
7.4Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941
1941 · Writer
7.2Train de nuit pour Munich
1940
1940 · Screenplay
7.9Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
1939
1939 · Writer
4.8A Girl Must Live
1939
1939 · Writer
7.4Une femme disparaît
1938
1938 · Screenplay
- Educated Evans9.0
Educated Evans
1936
1936 · Writer
6.2Seven Sinners
1936
1936 · Writer
- Twelve Good Men7.0
Twelve Good Men
1936
1936 · Writer
- Rolling Home9.0
Rolling Home
1935
1935 · Writer
- The Black Mask9.0
The Black Mask
1935
1935 · Writer
- Get Off My Foot7.0
Get Off My Foot
1935
1935 · Writer
8.0So You Won't Talk
1935
1935 · Screenplay
A Southern Maid
1934
1934 · Writer
10.0Facing the Music
1933
1933 · Screenplay
6.0Happy
1933
1933 · Writer
7.1You Made Me Love You
1933
1933 · Writer
9.0Hawleys of High Street
1933
1933 · Writer
7.0For the Love of Mike
1932
1932 · Writer
10.0Josser in the Army
1932
1932 · Writer
- The Last Coupon7.0
The Last Coupon
1932
1932 · Screenplay
- After Office Hours8.0
After Office Hours
1932
1932 · Writer
- Keepers of Youth10.0
Keepers of Youth
1931
1931 · Writer
- Kinder des Glücks8.0
Kinder des Glücks
1931
1931 · Screenplay
5.5Hobson's Choice
1931
1931 · Writer
9.0Children of Chance
1930
1930 · Writer
10.0Song of Soho
1930
1930 · Writer
8.0The W Plan
1930
1930 · Writer