John Harlow (19 August 1896 – 1977) was an English
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
, active from the 1930s to the 1950s. Harlow worked for smaller studios, mainly in crime/thriller genre
potboilers
A potboiler or pot-boiler is a novel, play, opera, film, or other creative work of dubious literary or artistic merit, whose main purpose was to pay for the creator's daily expenses—thus the imagery of "boil the pot", which means "to provide one ...
, with his better known films including ''
Candles at Nine'' (1944), the
Sexton Blake thrillers ''
Meet Sexton Blake'' and ''
The Echo Murders'' (both 1945), ''
Appointment with Crime'' (1946) and the 1947 reincarnation drama ''
While I Live''. He also directed two late entries in the popular, if critically unappreciated,
Old Mother Riley series.
Filmography (director)
*1933: ''
My Lucky Star''
*1934: ''
Master and Man''
*1941: ''
Spellbound''
*1942: ''
This Was Paris
''This Was Paris'' is a 1942 British Second World War spy film directed by John Harlow and starring Ann Dvorak, Ben Lyon and Griffith Jones.
It was shot at Teddington Studios.
Plot
British Captain Bill Hamilton meets and is attracted to Ame ...
''
*1943: ''
The Dark Tower''
*1944: ''
Candles at Nine''
*1944: ''
Headline''
*1945: ''
The Agitator''
*1945: ''
Meet Sexton Blake''
*1945: ''
The Echo Murders''
*1946: ''
Appointment with Crime''
*1947: ''
Green Fingers''
*1947: ''
While I Live''
*1949: ''
Old Mother Riley's New Venture''
*1950: ''
Old Mother Riley Headmistress''
*1953: ''
Those People Next Door
''Those People Next Door'' is a 1953 British second feature comedy film directed by John Harlow and starring Jack Warner, Charles Victor and Marjorie Rhodes.
Plot
In Second World War era Britain, working-class Sam Twigg (Jack Warner) and his ...
''
*1953: ''
The Blue Parrot''
*1954: ''
Dangerous Cargo''
*1954: ''
Delayed Action''
External links
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1896 births
1977 deaths
English film directors
People from Ross-on-Wye
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