Dudley Leslie (1905–1998) was a

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. He was on the jury for the

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. He co-wrote the 1948 play ''

The Human Touch ''The Human Touch'' is a play by Dudley Leslie and J. Lee Thompson. After premiering at the Liverpool Playhouse in May 1948, it later had a West End run of 113 performances at the Savoy Theatre between February and June 1949. The cast included ...

'' with

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.Wearing p.424 He was married to the writer

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with whom he collaborated a number of times.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' A Star Fell from Heaven'' (1936) * ''

Glamorous Night ''Glamorous Night'' is a musical with a book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall, Novello's collaborator in six of the eight Novello musicals staged between 1935 and 1951. ''Glamorous Night'' was the first of severa ...

'' (1937) * '' Jane Steps Out'' (1938) * '' Marigold'' (1938) * ''

Black Limelight ''Black Limelight'' is a 1936 play by Gordon Sherry that in 1938 became a British crime film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Joan Marion and Raymond Massey. Plot "It concerns itself with the murder of a vulgar young woman ily Suspicio ...

'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' Star of the Circus'' (1938) * '' Oh Boy!'' (1938) * ''

Hell's Cargo ''Hell's Cargo'' is a 1939 British adventure film directed by Harold Huth and starring Walter Rilla, Kim Peacock and Robert Newton. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.100 The film is a remake of the 1938 French hit '' Alert in the Mediterran ...

'' (1939) * '' The Outsider'' (1939) * ''

Three Silent Men ''Three Silent Men'' is a 1940 British crime film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc and Arthur Hambling. The screenplay concerns a pacifist surgeon who must operate to save the life of the in ...

'' (1940) * ''

Golden Madonna ''Golden Madonna'' (Italian: ''La madonnina d'oro'') is a 1949 British-Italian drama film directed by Luigi Carpentieri and Ladislao Vajda and starring Phyllis Calvert, Tullio Carminati and Michael Rennie. It was considered a lost film and was o ...

'' (1949) * ''

The Tall Headlines ''The Tall Headlines'' is a 1952 British drama film directed by Terence Young and starring André Morell, Flora Robson, Michael Denison, Peter Burton, Sid James and Dennis Price. It was shot at Walton Studios outside London. In the United Stat ...

'' (1952) * ''

The Rough and the Smooth ''The Rough and the Smooth'' (alternative title: ''Portrait of a Sinner'') is a 1959 British drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton, William Bendix and Natasha Parry. The screenplay concerns an archaeologi ...

'' (1959)

Plays

* '' Between Us Two'' (1935) * ''

'' (1948) * ''Let's Talk Turkey'' (1954) * '' Beware of Angels'' (1959)

References

Bibliography

* Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

External links

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