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Sir Anthony James Allan Havelock-Allan, 4th Baronet (28 February 1904 – 11 January 2003) was a British film producer and screenwriter whose credits included ''
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'', '' Blithe Spirit'', '' Great Expectations'', '' Oliver Twist'', the 1968 version of '' Romeo and Juliet'' and ''
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''.


Personal life and career

Havelock-Allan was born at the family home of Blackwell Grange near Darlington, County Durham, and was educated at
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and schools in Switzerland. Before becoming a film producer, he worked as a stockbroker,
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, record company executive and
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manager. In 1935, Havelock-Allan joined the short-lived
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, producing films with them like '' Lancashire Luck'' (1937) until and even shortly after the studios burnt down in 1936. After working with her on ''
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'', Havelock-Allan married actress
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on 12 April 1939. Their sons were Simon Anthony Clerveaux Havelock-Allan (1944–2001) and Sir Mark Havelock-Allan (born 4 April 1951). They divorced in 1952.


Collaboration with David Lean and Ronald Neame

Havelock-Allan served as associated producer on the 1942 war film '' In Which We Serve'', which starred Noël Coward, who co-directed the picture with David Lean. The film was shot by cinematographer
Ronald Neame Ronald Neame CBE, BSC (23 April 1911 – 16 June 2010) was an English film producer, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Beginning his career as a cinematographer, for his work on the British war film '' One of Our Aircraft Is Miss ...
, who along with Havelock-Allan and Lean, founded their own company,
Cineguild Cineguild Productions was a production company formed by director David Lean, cinematographer Ronald Neame and producer Anthony Havelock-Allan in 1944. The company produced some of the major British films of the 1940s. History of Cineguild Hav ...
. Cineguild's first production was a film adaptation of Coward's 1939 play
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, which was produced by Coward, directed by Lean, and shot by Neame. All three partners — Havelock-Allan, Lean and Neame — collaborated on the script. The exact same combination of talents created the 1945 film adaptation of Coward's comedy '' Blithe Spirit''. The quartet then produced the classic ''
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'', with Havelock-Allan and Neame sharing producing duties with Coward, with Coward helping write the script, an adaption of his 1936 one-act play '' Still Life''. The film won the
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at the 1946
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while lead Celia Johnson was nominated for an
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in the 1947 awards. In 1999, ''Brief Encounter'' came in second in a
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poll of the top 100 British films. Havelock-Allan, Lean and Neame moved away from Coward and next filmed two classic by
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, creating two classics of British cinema in the process. Both '' Great Expectations'' (1946) and '' Oliver Twist'' (1948) brought the three Oscar nominations for the
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.


After Cineguild

He left Cineguild and founded Constellation Films in 1947. He later co-founded British Home Entertainment with
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in 1960. He later was reunited with David Lean when he produced the great director's penultimate film, ''
Ryan's Daughter ''Ryan's Daughter'' is a 1970 British epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean and starring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles. The film, set between August 1917 and January 1918, tells the story of a married Irish woman who has an affair ...
'' (1970). Havelock-Allan married second wife María Teresa Consuelo Sara Ruiz de Villafranca known just as Sara Ruiz de Villafranca, a daughter of the former Spanish Ambassador to
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and
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, on 26 June 1979. In 1975, he had succeeded to his childless brother's
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cy and on his own death in 2003, aged 98, his title passed to his surviving son,
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.


Honours


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Filmography

All as producer, unless otherwise stated: *1970 ''
Ryan's Daughter ''Ryan's Daughter'' is a 1970 British epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean and starring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles. The film, set between August 1917 and January 1918, tells the story of a married Irish woman who has an affair ...
'' *1968 '' Romeo and Juliet'' *1968 ''
Up the Junction ''Up the Junction'' is a 1963 collection of short stories by Nell Dunn that depicts contemporary life in the industrial slums of Battersea and Clapham Junction. The book uses colloquial speech, and its portrayal of petty thieving, sexual encoun ...
'' *1967 ''
The Mikado ''The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen Gilbert and Sullivan, operatic collaborations. It opened on 14 March 1885, in London, whe ...
'' *1965 '' Othello'' *1962 ''
The Quare Fellow ''The Quare Fellow'' is Brendan Behan's first play, first produced in 1954. The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of ''queer''. Plot The play is set in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. The anti-hero of the play, The Quare Fellow, is never ...
'' *1958 ''
Orders to Kill ''Orders to Kill'' is a 1958 British wartime drama film. It starred Paul Massie, Eddie Albert and Irene Worth and was directed by Anthony Asquith. The film is based on a story by Donald Chase Downes, a former American intelligence operative who ...
'' *1954 '' The Young Lovers'' *1953 '' Never Take No for an Answer'' *1952 ''
Meet Me Tonight ''Meet Me Tonight'' is a 1952 in film, 1952 omnibus British comedy film adapted from three one act plays by Noël Coward: ''Red Peppers'', ''Fumed Oak'' and ''Ways and Means (play), Ways and Means''; which are part of his ''Tonight at 8.30'' pla ...
'' *1951 '' The Small Miracle'' *1950 '' Shadow of the Eagle'' *1949 '' The Interrupted Journey'' *1949 ''
The Small Voice ''The Small Voice'' (released in the United States as ''The Hideout'') is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Fergus McDonell and starring Valerie Hobson, James Donald and Howard Keel (who was credited as Harold Keel). The film is part of ...
'' *1948 ''
Blanche Fury ''Blanche Fury'' is a 1948 British Technicolor drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger and Michael Gough. It was adapted from a 1939 novel of the same title by Joseph Shearing. In Victorian era Englan ...
'' *1947 '' Take My Life'' *1946 '' Great Expectations'' – (Executive producer) *1945 ''
Brief Encounter ''Brief Encounter'' is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play ''Still Life''. Starring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, and Joyce Carey, ...
'' – (uncredited) *1942 '' In Which We Serve'' – (Associate producer) *1942 ''
Unpublished Story ''Unpublished Story'' is a 1942 British black-and-white war film directed by Harold French and starring Richard Greene and Valerie Hobson. It was produced and co-written by Anthony Havelock-Allan. The film served as a propaganda film during Wor ...
'' *1940 ''
This Man in Paris ''This Man in Paris'' is a 1939 British comedy mystery film directed by David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson and Alastair Sim. It was a sequel to the 1938 film ''This Man Is News''. It was made at Denham Studios. Pre ...
'' *1939 ''
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'' *1939 '' The Silent Battle'' *1938 ''
This Man Is News ''This Man is News'' is a 1938 British comedy mystery film directed by David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson, Alastair Sim and Edward Lexy. The screenplay concerns a journalist who solves a crime of which he himself is su ...
'' *1938 ''
A Spot of Bother ''A Spot of Bother'' is the second adult novel by Mark Haddon, who is best known for his prize-winning first novel ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time''. Like ''Curious Incident'', ''A Spot of Bother'' examines mental health iss ...
'' *1938 '' Incident in Shanghai'' *1938 ''
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'' *1937 ''
Missing, Believed Married ''Missing, Believed Married'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Wally Patch, Julian Vedey and Hazel Terry. It was a quota quickie made at Pinewood Studios. A young heiress is almost tricked into marriag ...
'' *1937 '' Mr. Smith Carries On'' *1937 '' Night Ride'' *1937 '' The Fatal Hour'' *1937 ''
Museum Mystery ''Museum Mystery'' (also known as ''Museum Peace'') is a 1937 British crime film directed by Clifford Gulliver and starring Jock McKay, Elizabeth Inglis and Gerald Case. The screenplay concerns a gang of criminals who plan to steal a Burmese i ...
'' *1937 '' The Cavalier of the Streets'' *1937 '' Cross My Heart'' *1937 '' Holiday's End'' *1937 '' Lancashire Luck'' *1937 ''
The Last Curtain ''The Last Curtain'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by David MacDonald and starring Campbell Gullan, Kenne Duncan and Greta Gynt. The film blends drama and comedy and its plot follows an insurance investigator who examines a series of ro ...
'' *1936 ''
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 '' Show Flat'' *1936 ''
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'' *1936 ''
Murder by Rope ''Murder by Rope'' is a 1936 British mystery film directed by George Pearson (filmmaker), George Pearson and starring Constance Godridge, D. A. Clarke-Smith and Sunday Wilshin.Wood p.91 Cast * Constance Godridge as Daphne Farrow * D. A. Clarke ...
'' *1936 ''
Pay Box Adventure ''Pay Box Adventure'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Syd Crossley, Marjorie Corbett and Roxie Russell. It was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.290 Cast * Syd Crossley Syd Crossley ...
'' *1936 '' Two on a Doorstep'' *1936 '' Wednesday's Luck'' *1936 '' Love at Sea'' *1936 '' The Secret Voice'' *1936 '' House Broken'' *1936 '' The Belles of St. Clements'' *1936 ''
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'' *1935 ''
Expert's Opinion ''Expert's Opinion'' is a 1935 British thriller film directed by Ivar Campbell and starring Lucille Lisle, Leslie Perrins and Franklyn Bellamy. A group of foreign spies attempt to steal the plans for a new weapon. It was made at Elstree Studios ...
'' *1935 '' Checkmate'' *1935 ''Lucky Days'' *1935 '' Cross Currents'' *1935 ''
The Mad Hatters ''The Mad Hatters'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Ivar Campbell and starring Chili Bouchier, Sydney King and Evelyn Foster. Plot After opening a hat shop together, two men fall in love with a French woman living next door. Cast * ...
'' *1935 ''
Jubilee Window ''Jubilee Window'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by George Pearson and starring Sebastian Shaw, Ralph Truman and Olive Melville.Wood p.86 Cast * Sebastian Shaw as Peter Ward * Ralph Truman as Dan Stevens * Olive Melville as Marge ...
'' *1935 '' Once a Thief'' *1935 '' School for Stars'' *1935 ''
The Village Squire ''The Village Squire'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring David Horne (actor), David Horne, Leslie Perrins, Moira Lynd and Vivien Leigh. It is based on Arthur Jarvis Black's play. The screenplay concerns a vill ...
'' *1935 ''
Key to Harmony ''Key to Harmony'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Belle Chrystall, Fred Conyngham and Reginald Purdell. The film is a quota quickie made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios for release by Paramount P ...
'' *1935 ''
The Price of Wisdom ''The Price of Wisdom'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Mary Jerrold, Roger Livesey and Lilian Oldland. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by the British sub ...
'' *1935 '' Gentlemen's Agreement''


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Havelock-Allan, Anthony 1904 births 2003 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom English film producers English stockbrokers People from the Borough of Darlington People educated at Gibbs School People educated at Charterhouse School 20th-century English businesspeople