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Writer 1895 - 1971

Val Valentine

London, England, UK

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

18 titles
A Weekend with Lulu

A Weekend with Lulu

John Paddy Carstairs 1961 1h 29m 6.0

Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone.

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

Frank Launder 1960 1h 34m 3.0

A dubious child psychiatrist is put in charge of the St. Trinian's school after it burns down. The sixth form are sent to Arabia to become harem girls. The Ministry of Education, Police and army go to rescue them, but it is the notorious St. Trinian's forth form who are going to make the real difference.

Fortune Is a Woman

Fortune Is a Woman

Sidney Gilliat 1957 1h 35m 6.0

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Frank Launder 1957 1h 26m 5.0

St. Trinian's contrives to win a competition which has a European trip as the prize, in order for the Girls of the Flash Harry St Trinian's Marriage Bureau to meet a rich Roman royal.

The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband

Sidney Gilliat 1955 1h 28m 6.0

An Englishman wakes in a hotel bedroom suffering from amnesia and sets out to find his identity. He tracks down his wife but soon learns that the job she saw him leave for every morning did not exist.

The Belles of St. Trinian's

The Belles of St. Trinian's

Frank Launder 1954 1h 31m 5.5

Story of manic schoolgirls who are more interested in racing form than books as they try to get-rich-quick, aided by the head-mistress' brother, played by Alastair Sim, who also plays the head-mistress.

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

John Gilling 1952 1h 14m

Vampire seeks world domination via experiments. Mistakenly delivered radar-controlled robot transports him and Mother Riley, leading to confrontation as she tries stopping Vampire's scheme.

Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure

Maclean Rogers 1951 1h 15m

Old Mother Riley runs into a ghost who turns out to be an old pirate searching for buried treasure.

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Frank Launder 1951 1h 30m 6.0

An unsophisticated and impressionable young girl finds herself in trouble after winning a beauty pageant.

Forbidden

Forbidden

George King 1949 1h 27m 6.0

An ex-serviceman plans to escape his faithless wife.

Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road

Sidney Gilliat 1945 1h 13m 6.0

A drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.

The Rake's Progress

The Rake's Progress

Sidney Gilliat 1945 1h 40m

Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and Marriage for money.

We Dive at Dawn

We Dive at Dawn

Anthony Asquith 1943 1h 38m 6.0

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg.

Come on George!

Come on George!

Anthony Kimmins 1939 1h 28m

George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins

Feather Your Nest

Feather Your Nest

William Beaudine 1937 1h 26m 6.0

An employee of a record manufacturing company comes up with a hit song.

Excuse My Glove

Excuse My Glove

Redd Davis 1936 1h 14m 6.0

A young man, whose main interest in life is stained glass, accidentally accepts a challenge to fight in a fair boxing booth.

Captain Bill

Ralph Ceder 1935 1h 21m 5.0

A barge operator helps a schoolteacher tackle a gang of criminals.

Elstree Calling

Elstree Calling

Alfred Hitchcock, André Charlot 1930 1h 23m 5.0

A series of nineteen musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself). There are two "running gags" which connect the sketches. In one, an actor wants to perform Shakespeare, but he is continually denied air-time.

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