Lola Harvey was a British screenwriter and

film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. She and her husband

Syd Courtenay Syd Courtenay was a South African-born British actor and screenwriter. He was a frequent collaborator with the comedian Leslie Fuller. Courtenay first met Fuller in 1919 in Margate and they soon struck up a partnership with routines featuring thei ...

were employed by

British International Pictures Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned appr ...

, the leading British film studio of the era, to write screenplays together. Their work provided a number of scripts for the popular comedian

Leslie Fuller Leslie Fuller (9 October 1888 – 24 April 1948) was a British comedy film actor. Early life Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London.Some sources wrongly give his birthplace as Margate, as he had a lifelo ...

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Selected filmography

Screenwriter

* '' Old Soldiers Never Die'' (1931) * '' Doctor's Orders'' (1934) * '' Lost in the Legion'' (1934)

References

Bibliography

* Harper, Sue. ''Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know''. A&C Black 2000.

External links

* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown British film actresses British screenwriters {{UK-writer-stub British women screenwriters