Edward Dryhurst (1904–1989) was an English
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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,
film producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...
and
director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
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Selected filmography
Screenwriter
* ''Three Men in a Cart
''Three Men in a Cart'' is a 1929 British silent comedy film directed by Arthur Phillips and starring Frank Stanmore, Joan Morgan and David Dunbar. It was made at Isleworth Studios as a quota quickie for distribution by Universal Pictures. I ...
'' (1929)
* '' Find the Lady'' (1936)
* ''The End of the Road
''The End of the Road'' is the second novel by American writer John Barth, published first in 1958, and then in a revised edition in 1967. The irony-laden black comedy's protagonist Jacob Horner suffers from a nihilistic paralysis he calls "co ...
'' (1936)
* '' Jennifer Hale'' (1937)
* ''East of Ludgate Hill
''East of Ludgate Hill'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Manning Haynes and starring Hal Gordon, Aubrey Mallalieu and Nancy O'Neil. It was a quota quickie made at Wembley Studios by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.Wood p.94
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'' (1937)
* '' Double Alibi'' (1937)
* ''Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Relatively fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater ...
'' (1942)
* ''Bell Bottom George
''Bell-Bottom George'' is a 1943 black and white British comedy musical film, musical film, directed by Marcel Varnel, starring George Formby and Anne Firth. A wartime morale booster, it features the songs, "Swim Little Fish", "It Serves You Rig ...
'' (1943)
* ''The Man from Morocco
''The Man from Morocco'' is a 1945 British action adventure film directed by Mutz Greenbaum as Max Greene and starring Anton Walbrook, Margaretta Scott andMary Morris. The film was shot at Welwyn Studios of Associated British.
Plot
A group o ...
'' (1945)
* ''Master of Bankdam
''Master of Bankdam'' (called ''The Master of Bankdam'' in its own credits) is a 1947 British historical film directed by Walter Forde and based on the 1940 novel ''The Crowthers of Bankdam'' by Thomas Armstrong. It stars Anne Crawford, Dennis ...
'' (1947)
* '' Castle in the Air'' (1952)
* '' It's Never Too Late'' (1956)
* '' Stranger in Town'' (1957)
Director
* ''The Woman from China
''The Woman from China'' is a 1931 British crime film directed by Edward Dryhurst and starring Julie Suedo, Gibb McLaughlin and Frances Cuyler. It was shot at Isleworth Studios as a quota quickie.Wood p.70.
Cast
*Julie Suedo as Laloe Berchmans
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'' (1930)
* '' Commissionaire'' (1933)
References
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1904 births
1989 deaths
English film producers
People from Desborough
20th-century English businesspeople
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