Greatrex Newman (3 July 1892 – 27 January 1984) was an

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writer, song-writer and screenwriter. He was born in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

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and died in

Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...

Selected works

* '' Mr. Whittington'' (1934, West end)

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* English male screenwriters English lyricists 1892 births 1984 deaths Writers from Manchester 20th-century English screenwriters 20th-century English male writers {{UK-writer-stub