Reuben Gillmer (1868 – 4 January 1920) was a British

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. ...

of the

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 ...

era.Nelmes p.49

Selected filmography

* ''

On the Banks of Allan Water ''On the Banks of Allan Water'' is a 1916 British silent film directed by Wilfred Noy.Low p.297 Cast * Basil Gill as Richard Warden * J. Hastings Batson as Sir John Warden * Roy Byford Roy Byford (12 January 1873 – 31 January 1939) was ...

'' (1916) * '' Nursie! Nursie!'' (1916) * ''

The Lost Chord "The Lost Chord" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness. The manuscript is dated 13 January 1877; Fred Sullivan died five days later. The lyric was written as a poem by Adel ...

'' (1917) * ''

Home Sweet Home Home Sweet Home may refer to: Film * Home, Sweet Home (1914 film), ''Home, Sweet Home'' (1914 film), a film about the life of John Howard Payne * Home Sweet Home (1917 film), ''Home Sweet Home'' (1917 film), a British silent film * Home Sweet ...

'' (1917) * ''

Love's Old Sweet Song "Love's Old Sweet Song" is a Victorian parlour song published in 1884 by composer James Lynam Molloy and lyricist Graham Clifton Bingham. The first line of the chorus is "Just a song at twilight", and its title is sometimes misidentified as su ...

'' (1917) * ''

Ave Maria The Hail Mary ( la, Ave Maria) is a traditional Christian prayer addressing Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical passages featured in the Gospel of Luke: the Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary (the Annunciation) and Mary's s ...

'' (1918) * ''

A Romany Lass ''A Romany Lass'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring James Knight, Marjorie Villis and Bernard Dudley.Low p.299 Cast * James Knight as Donald MacLean * Marjorie Villis as Rilka * Bernard Dud ...

'' (1918) * ''

Nature's Gentleman ''Nature's Gentleman'' is a 1918 British silent romance film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring James Knight, Madge Stuart and Arthur M. Cullin.Low p.296 Cast * James Knight as James Davis * Madge Stuart as Lady Harcourt * Art ...

'' (1918) * '' The Great Impostor'' (1918) * '' The Man Who Forgot'' (1919)

References

Bibliography

* Jill Nelmes. ''Analysing the Screenplay''. Routledge, 2010.

External links

* 1868 births 1920 deaths 20th-century British screenwriters {{UK-film-bio-stub