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Horace Manning Haynes (born: Lyminster, Sussex – died 3 March 1957, Epsom, England) (often credited as H. Manning Haynes) was a British-born
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, p ...
and actor. He was married to the screenwriter
Lydia Hayward Lydia Hayward (1879-1945) was a British screenwriter and actress who worked on over 30 screenplays between 1920 and 1942. She was particularly active during the 1920s.Nelmes p.49 Hayward has been noted for several of the sophisticated comedy film ...
, with whom he frequently worked. Manning Haynes’ film career as an actor began in 1918's ''Lead Kindly Light''. Haynes switched to directing silent films in the 1920s. He usually billed himself professionally as H. Manning Haynes.


Selected filmography


Actor

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'' (1918) * '' Linked by Fate'' (1919) * Jack, Sam and Pete (1919) * '' Monty Works the Wires'' (1921) * ''
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'' (1921)


Director

* '' Monty Works the Wires'' (1921) * ''
The Skipper's Wooing ''The Skipper's Wooing'' is a 1922 British silent comedy film directed by Manning Haynes and starring Gordon Hopkirk, Cynthia Murtagh and Johnny Butt.Murphy p.284 Cast * Gordon Hopkirk as The Skipper * Cynthia Murtagh as Annie Getting * Jo ...
'' (1922) * '' The Head of the Family'' (1922) * '' Sam's Boy'' (1922) * ''
A Will and a Way ''A Will and a Way'' is a 1922 British silent film, silent comedy film directed by Manning Haynes and starring Ernest Hendrie, Polly Emery and Johnny Butt.Goble p.1018 Cast * Ernest Hendrie as Foxey Green * Polly Emery as Mrs. Pottle * Johnn ...
'' (1922) * '' The Monkey's Paw'' (1923) * '' The Constable’s Move'' (1923) * '' Dixon's Return'' (1924) * '' Lawyer Quince'' (1924) * '' London Love'' (1926) * '' The Ware Case'' (1928) * '' Those Who Love'' (1929) * '' Should a Doctor Tell?'' (1930) * '' The Officers' Mess'' (1931) * ''
To Oblige a Lady ''To Oblige a Lady'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Maisie Gay, Warwick Ward, Lilian Oldland, Haddon Mason and James Carew. The film is based on a play by Edgar Wallace. It was produced at Beaconsfield ...
'' (1931) * '' The Old Man'' (1931) * ''
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 ...
'' (1933) * ''
The Perfect Flaw ''The Perfect Flaw'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Naomi Waters, Ralph Truman and William Hartnell. The screenplay concerns a clerk who is planning to murder a stockbroker but is foiled in the attempt. ...
'' (1934) * '' Tomorrow We Live'' (1936) * ''
Pearls Bring Tears ''Pearls Bring Tears'' is a 1937 British comedy drama film directed by Manning Haynes and starring John Stuart, Dorothy Boyd and Googie Withers. Plot Madge Hart (Dorothy Boyd) borrows a pearl necklace to wear to a dance, but then accidental ...
'' (1937) * ''
East of Ludgate Hill ''East of Ludgate Hill'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Manning Haynes and starring Hal Gordon, Aubrey Mallalieu and Nancy O'Neil. It was a quota quickie made at Wembley Studios by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.Wood p.94 ...
'' (1937)


References


External links

* The Bioscope has a post titled "In the Studio, 15 November 2009, http://bioscopic.wordpress.com/2009/11/, which shows a still of Manning Haynes directing London Love at the
Gaumont-British The Gaumont-British Picture Corporation produced and distributed films and operated a cinema chain in the United Kingdom. It was established as an offshoot of the Gaumont Film Company of France. Film production Gaumont-British was founded in 18 ...
studios, Lime Grove, in 1926, taken from http://www.itnsource.com. The film starred actors Fay Compton and John Stuart. 1957 deaths English male silent film actors English film directors People from Lyminster 20th-century English male actors 1889 births {{UK-film-actor-stub