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Writer 1903 - 1989

Ian Dalrymple

Johannesburg, South Africa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ian Dalrymple (26 August 1903 – 28 March 1989) was a British screenwriter, film director, film editor and film producer. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University. Initially, he worked... Read full bio →

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5 titles
Dear Mr. Prohack

Dear Mr. Prohack

Thornton Freeland 1949 1h 31m 5.0

Arthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation for fiscal efficiency and running a tight ship. One day he finds out that a struggling businessman to whom he once loaned money used it to amass a fortune, and after his death he left much of it to Prohack.

The Lion Has Wings

The Lion Has Wings

Michael Powell, Brian Desmond Hurst 1939 1h 16m

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.

Cheer Boys Cheer

Cheer Boys Cheer

Walter Forde 1939 1h 24m

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

The Citadel

The Citadel

King Vidor 1938 1h 50m 7.5

Young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London.

Pygmalion

Pygmalion

Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith 1938 1h 36m 8.5

Henry Higgins (Howard) is an upper class phonetics professor who encounters low-class guttersnipe Eliza Doolittle (Hiller) and bets his friend Colonel Pickering (Scott Sunderland) that he can pass her off as a duchess within three months.

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