Gilbert Gunn (24 March 1905
– 6 December 1967) 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.
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and
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, pr ...
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Selected filmography
Screenwriter
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Save a Little Sunshine
''Save a Little Sunshine'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Dave Willis, Pat Kirkwood and Tommy Trinder.
Plot
After he is sacked from his job, Dave Smalley buys a share in a hotel, but has to resort to working ...
'' (1938)
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Me and My Pal'' (1939)
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The Door with Seven Locks'' (1940)
Director
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Valley of Song
''Valley of Song'' is a 1953 British comedy drama film directed by Gilbert Gunn and starring Mervyn Johns, Clifford Evans, Maureen Swanson and the London Welsh Association Choral Society. It marked the film debut of actress Rachel Roberts. It ...
'' (1953)
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My Wife's Family'' (1956)
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Girls at Sea'' (1958)
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Operation Bullshine'' (1959)
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What a Whopper'' (1961)
Actor
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The Farmer's Wife
''The Farmer's Wife'' is a 1928 British silent romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis and Gordon Harker.
It is adapted from a 1916 play of the same name by British novelist, poet an ...
'' (1941)
References
External links
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1905 births
1967 deaths
Film people from Glasgow
Scottish film directors
British male screenwriters
20th-century British screenwriters
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