Eliot Stannard (1 March 1888 – 21 November 1944) 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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and director. He was the son of civil engineer Arthur Stannard and Yorkshire-born novelist Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Palmer. Stannard wrote the screenplay for more than 80 films between 1914 and 1933, including eight films directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
. He also directed five films. During the early 1920s, he worked on most of the screenplays for the
Ideal Film Company
The Ideal Film Company (often known as Ideal Films or simply Ideal) was a British film production and distribution company that operated between 1911 and 1934.
The company, based in Soho, London, was started by the two Jewish brothers Harry M ...
, one of Britain's leading
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
studios.
Partial filmography
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The Idol of Paris
''Idol of Paris'' is a 1948 film based on the novel ''Paiva, Queen of Love'' by Alfred Schirokauer, about a mid-19th century French courtesan Theresa who sleeps her way from poverty to the top of Second Empire society. It was an attempt by its ...
'' (1914)
* ''
Florence Nightingale
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'' (1915)
* ''
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
''The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' is a mystery fiction novel by the Australian writer Fergus Hume. The book was first published in Australia in 1886. Set in Melbourne, the story focuses on the investigation of a homicide involving a body discovered ...
'' (1915)
* ''
Profit and the Loss
''Profit and the Loss'' is a 1917 British silent film, silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and Eliot Stannard and starring James Carew, Randle Ayrton and Margaret Halstan.
Plot
When friends fail him, a tenant farmer turns to making mone ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Justice
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God and the Man
''God and the Man'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Langhorn Burton, Joyce Carey and Bert Wynne. It was adapted from an 1881 novel by Robert Buchanan.
Cast
* Langhorn Burton - Christiansen
* Jo ...
Nelson
Nelson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
The Artistic Temperament
''The Artistic Temperament'' is a British silent motion picture of 1919 produced by David Falcke and directed by Fred Goodwins. It stars Lewis Willoughby, Margot Kelly, and Frank Adair, with Daisy Burrell and Patrick Turnbull.
Premise
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'' (1919)
* ''
Mr. Gilfil's Love Story
''Mr. Gilfil's Love Story'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Robert Henderson Bland, Mary Odette and Peter Upcher. It was based on the short story ''Mr. Gilfil's Love Story'' from George Eliot's 1857 ...
Build Thy House
''Build Thy House'' is a 1920 British silent film directed by Fred Goodwins, and starring Henry Ainley, Ann Trevor, Reginald Bach and Claude Rains in his film debut. The screenplay was written by Eliot Stannard from the story by S. Trevor Jones. ...
'' (1920)
* ''
Wuthering Heights
''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moorland, moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their tur ...
The Old Country
''The Old Country'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Gerald McCarthy, Kathleen Vaughan and Haidee Wright.
Cast
* Gerald McCarthy – James Fountain
* Kathleen Vaughan – Mary Lorimer
* Haidee Wr ...
The Little Hour of Peter Wells
''The Little Hour of Peter Wells'' ( nl, De heldendaad van Peter Wells) is a 1921 Dutch silent film directed by Maurits Binger.
Cast
* O. B. Clarence as Peter Wells
* Heather Thatcher as Camille Pablo
* Hebden Foster as Carlos Faroa
* Adelqui ...
'' (1921)
* ''
The Prince and the Beggarmaid
''The Prince and the Beggarmaid'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Henry Ainley, Kathleen Vaughan and Harvey Braban. It was based on a play by Walter Howard.
Cast
* Henry Ainley - Prince Olaf
* Kat ...
'' (1921)
* ''
The Bachelor's Club
''The Bachelor's Club'' is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Ben Field, Ernest Thesiger and Mary Brough. It was based on the 1891 novel ''The Bachelor's Club'' by Israel Zangwill.
Cast
* Ben Field as ...
'' (1921)
* ''
The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick
''The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick'' is a 1921 British silent film, silent comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley based on the 1837 novel ''The Pickwick Papers'' by Charles Dickens. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Arch ...
Mord Em'ly
''Mord Em'ly'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by George Pearson and starring Betty Balfour, Rex Davis and Elsie Craven.Low p.122 It was based on the 1898 novel of the same title by William Pett Ridge.
Cast
* Betty Balfour as Ma ...
'' (1922)
* ''
The Pauper Millionaire
''The Pauper Millionaire'' is a 1922 British silent comedy film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring C. M. Hallard, Katherine Blair, and John H. Roberts.A Sailor Tramp'' (1922)
* ''
The Romany
''The Romany'' is a 1923 British silent adventure film directed by Floyd Martin Thornton and starring Victor McLaglen, Irene Norman and Harvey Braban.
Cast
* Victor McLaglen as The Chief
* Irene Norman as Valia
* Harvey Braban as Andre ...
Hutch Stirs 'em Up
''Hutch Stirs 'em Up'' is a 1923 British silent comedy action film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Charles Hutchison, Joan Barry and Malcolm Tod. It was based on the novel '' The Hawk of Rede'' by Harry Harding.
Cast
* Charles Hutc ...
'' (1923)
* ''
The Fair Maid of Perth
''The Fair Maid of Perth'' (or ''St. Valentine's Day'') is an 1828 novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Inspired by the strange, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth (known at the ti ...
'' (1923)
* ''
Becket
''Becket or The Honour of God'' (french: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu) is a 1959 play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 117 ...
Hurricane Hutch in Many Adventures
''Hurricane Hutch in Many Adventures'' is a 1924 British silent comedy action film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Charles Hutchison, Warwick Ward and Malcolm Tod.
Cast
* Charles Hutchison - Hurricane Hutch
* Warwick Ward - Dick
* M ...
The Gay Corinthian
''The Gay Corinthian'' is a 1924 British silent historical drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Victor McLaglen, Betty Faire and Cameron Carr. It was shot at Leyton Studios.Warren p.116
Cast
* Victor McLaglen as Squire Hardcast ...
Chappy - That's All
Chappy may refer to:
People
* Chappy Hakim (born 1947), Air Chief Marshal of the Indonesian Air Force from 2002 to 2005
* Raymond Chappy Charles (1881–1959), American Major League Baseball player
* George Chappy Lane (died 1901), American Major ...
'' (1924)
* ''
Settled Out of Court
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The Mountain Eagle
''The Mountain Eagle'' is a 1926 silent drama film, and Alfred Hitchcock's second as director, following '' The Pleasure Garden''. The film, a romantic melodrama set in Kentucky, is about a widower (Bernhard Goetzke) who jealously competes wi ...
'' (1926), a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
* ''
White Heat
''White Heat'' is a 1949 American film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly and Steve Cochran. Written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, ''White Heat'' is based on a story by Vi ...
Blighty
"Blighty" is a British English slang term for Great Britain, or often specifically England.
'' (1927)
* ''
Downhill
Downhill may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Downhill'' (1927 film), a British film by Alfred Hitchcock
* ''Downhill'' (2014 film), a British comedy directed by James Rouse
* ''Downhill'' (2016 film), a Chilean thriller directed by Patrici ...
The Farmer's Wife
''The Farmer's Wife'' is a 1928 British silent romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis and Gordon Harker.
It is adapted from a 1916 play of the same name by British novelist, poet an ...
Tommy Atkins
Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army. It was certainly well established during the nineteenth century, but is particularly associated with the First World War. It can be used as a term of reference ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Champagne
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'' (1928)
* ''
Not Quite a Lady
''Not Quite a Lady'' is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Mabel Poulton, Janet Alexander and Barbara Gott. The screenplay concerns a wealthy woman who, unhappy with her son's choice of fiancée, holds a ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Vortex
''The Vortex'' is a play in three acts by the English writer and actor Noël Coward. The play depicts the sexual vanity of a rich, ageing beauty, her troubled relationship with her adult son, and drug abuse in British society circles after the ...
Widecombe Fair
Widecombe Fair is an annual fair in England, held in the Dartmoor village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor on the second Tuesday of September. It is well known as the subject of the folk song of the same name, featuring Uncle Tom Cobley and his fri ...
The Hate Ship
''The Hate Ship'' is a 1929 British mystery film directed by Norman Walker and starring Jameson Thomas, Jean Colin and Jack Raine. It was made at Elstree Studios by British International Pictures.Wood p.67
Cast
* Jameson Thomas as Vernon Wolfe ...
'' (1929)
* ''
The American Prisoner
''The American Prisoner'' is a British novel written by Eden Phillpotts and published in 1904
and adapted into a film by the same name in 1929. The story concerns an English woman who lives at Fox Tor farm, and an American captured during ...
The Officers' Mess
''The Officers' Mess'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Manning Haynes and starring Richard Cooper, Harold French and Elsa Lanchester. It was made at Walton Studios.Wood p.72 It was released as a quota quickie by Paramount Pictures.
...
'' (1931)
* ''
Above Rubies
''Above Rubies'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Frank Richardson and starring Zoe Palmer, Robin Irvine and Tom Helmore. It is set in Monte Carlo.Chibnall p.266
It was made at Walton Studios as a quota quickie for release by United ...
'' (1932)
* ''
To Brighton with Gladys
''To Brighton with Gladys'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Harry Milton, Constance Shotter and Kate Cutler. It was made at Ealing Studios as a quota quickie.Wood p.76
Cast
* Harry Milton as Bertie Penge
* C ...
British Film Institute
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's
Screenonline
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