Youth and SOE Service
Jepson was born in Bloomsbury and educated atI was responsible for recruiting women for the work, in the face of a good deal of opposition, I may say, from the powers that be. In my view, women were very much better than men for the work. Women, as you must know, have a far greater capacity for cool and lonely courage than men. Men usually want a mate with them. Men don't work alone, their lives tend to be always in company with other men. There was opposition from most quarters until it went up toChurchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ..., whom I had met before the war. He growled at me, "What are you doing?" I told him and he said, "I see you are using women to do this," and I said, "Yes, don't you think it is a very sensible thing to do?" and he said, "Yes, good luck to you." That was my authority!"M. R. D. Foot Michael Richard Daniell Foot, (14 December 1919 – 18 February 2012) was a British political and military historian, and former British Army intelligence officer with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Biography The ...'s ''SOE'' contains an illuminating account of Jepson's interview style with potential recruits; "I have to decide whether I can risk your life and you have to decide whether you're willing to risk it" (p. 73). According to Foot, of F section's 470 agents sent into the field, 117 were killed; 39 of the 470 were women, of whom 13 failed to return. As an aside Foot comments thatCaptain (Royal Navy) Captain (Capt) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy. It ranks above Commander (Royal Navy), commander and below Commodore (Royal Navy), commodore and has a NATO ranking code of OF-5. The rank is equivalent to a colonel in the British Army ...was a rank Jepson sometimes affected but to which he was not entitled ("...but the Admiralty never knew"), rather he was "a major in the Buffs".
Author
Jepson became a well-known mystery/detective author and screenwriter, best known for ''Keep Murder Quiet'' (1940), the "Eve Gill" ingénue sleuth novel series, and other non-series novels: *''The Qualified Adventurer'' (1922) *''Puppets of Fate'' (1922) *''Golden-Eyes'' (1922), US title ''The Sutton Papers'' *''That Fellow MacArthur'' (1923) *''The King's Red-Haired Girl'' (1923) *''Rogues and Diamonds'' (1925) *''Snaggletooth'' (1926) *''The Death Gong'' (1927) *''Love and Helen'' (1928) *''Tiger Dawn'' (1929) *''I Met Murder'' (1930) *''Rabbit's Paw'' (1932) US title ''The Mystery of the Rabbit's Paw'' *''Heads and Tails'' (1933) short story collection *''Love in Peril'' (1934) *''The Wise Fool'' (1934) *''Riviera Love Story'' (1948) *'' Man Running'' (1948), as ''Outrun the Constable'' in the US. In 1950, it was published in paperback as ''Killer by Proxy'' *''Tempering Steel'' (1949) *''Man Dead'' (1951) *''The Assassin'' (1956) *''A Noise in the Night'' (1957) *''The Third Possibility'' (1965) *''The Angry Millionaire'' (1968) *''Letter to a Dead Girl'' (1971)
Screenwriter and director
*''For Love of You ''For Love of You'' is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Arthur Riscoe, Naunton Wayne and Franco Foresta. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios.Wood p.77 It is the sequel to '' Going Gay ...'' (1933) screenwriter *''Money Mad'' (1934) screenwriter *''Kiss Me Goodbye'' (1935) screenwriter *''Hyde Park Corner Hyde Park Corner is between Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Mayfair in London, England. It primarily refers to its major road junction at the southeastern corner of Hyde Park, that was designed by Decimus Burton. Six streets converge at the junc ...'' (1935) screenwriter *''The Love Test'' (1935) screenwriter *''The Riverside Murder'' (1935) screenwriter *'' Toilers of the Sea'' (1936) director, screenwriter *''Well Done, Henry ''Well Done, Henry'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Wilfred Noy and starring Will Fyffe, Cathleen Nesbitt and Charles Hawtrey. It was made at the Cricklewood Studios in London.Wood p.93 The film's art direction was by Duncan Suther ...'' (1936) screenwriter *''Wrath of Jealousy'' (1936) screenwriter *''The Scarab Murder Case ''The Scarab Murder Case'' (1929) is a classic whodunit written by S. S. Van Dine. In this book, detective Philo Vance's murder investigation takes place in a private home that doubles as a museum of Egyptology, and the solution depends in part ...'' (1936) screenwriter *''Sailing Along ''Sailing Along'' is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Sonnie Hale and starring Jessie Matthews, Barry MacKay, Jack Whiting, Roland Young, Frank Pettingell, Noel Madison and Alastair Sim. It includes many staged song and dance ...'' (1938) screenwriter *''The Red Dress'' (1954) screenwriter *''The Last Moment'' (1954) screenwriter *''Forever My Heart'' (1954) screenwriter
Film adaptation
TheAlfred 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 ...film ''Stage Fright Stage fright or performance anxiety is the anxiety, fear, or persistent phobia which may be aroused in an individual by the requirement to perform in front of an audience, real or imagined, whether actually or potentially (for example, when perf ...'' (1950) was based on Selwyn Jepson's 1948 novel '' Man Running'' (also published as ''Outrun the Constable'' and ''Killer by Proxy''). It was adapted for the screen by Whitfield Cook and Hitchcock's wife and frequent collaboratorAlma Reville Alma Lucy Reville, Lady Hitchcock (14 August 1899 – 6 July 1982), was an English director, editor, and screenwriter. She was the wife of the film director Alfred Hitchcock. She collaborated on scripts for her husband's films, including '' Sha ..., with additional dialog byJames Bridie James Bridie (3 January 1888 in Glasgow – 29 January 1951 in Edinburgh) was the pseudonym of a Scottish playwright, screenwriter and physician whose real name was Osborne Henry Mavor.Daniel Leary (1982) ''Dictionary of Literary Biography: ...andRanald MacDougall Ranald MacDougall (March 10, 1915 – December 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter who scripted such films as '' Mildred Pierce'' (1945), '' The Unsuspected'' (1947), ''June Bride'' (1948), and '' The Naked Jungle'' (1954), and shared screenw ....
Television
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Private life
For his private use, Selwyn Jepson built the Far House, Farther Common,References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jepson, Selwyn 1899 births 1989 deaths People from Liss People educated at St Paul's School, London University of Paris alumni British Army personnel of World War I British Army personnel of World War II British male screenwriters British Special Operations Executive personnel 20th-century British screenwriters