Frank Launder
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Frank Launder (28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of them in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat.
He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and worked briefly as a clerk before becoming an actor and then a playwright. He began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic Will Hay comedy Oh, Mr Porter! (1937). After writing a number of screenplays with Gilliat, including The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and Night Train to Munich for Carol Reed; the two men wrote and directed the wartime drama Millions Like Us (1943).
After founding their own production company Individual Pictures, they produced a number of memorable dramas and thrillers including I See a Dark Stranger (1945) and Green for Danger (1946), but were best known for their comedies including The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) and most famously, the St Trinians series, based on Ronald Searle's cartoons set in an anarchic girls school. He was married to actress Bernadette O'Farrell from 1950 until his death in Monaco. The couple had two children.
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Películas (70)
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980 · Director
Ooh...You Are Awful
1972 · Executive Producer
Endless Night
1972 · Executive Producer
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966 · Director, Writer
Joey Boy
1965 · Director, Screenplay
Ring of Spies
1964 · Writer
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Bridal Path
1959 · Director, Screenplay
Left Right and Centre
1959 · Producer
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957 · Presenter
Fortune Is a Woman
1957 · Screenplay, Producer
The Green Man
1956 · Producer, Theatre Play, Screenplay
Geordie
1955 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Constant Husband
1955 · Producer
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Folly to Be Wise
1952 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951 · Director, Writer
State Secret
1950 · Producer
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Blue Lagoon
1949 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
London Belongs to Me
1948 · Producer
Captain Boycott
1947 · Director, Writer, Producer
Green for Danger
1946 · Producer
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 · Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer
The Rake's Progress
1945 · Screenplay, Producer
Two Thousand Women
1944 · Director, Screenplay
Soldier, Sailor
1944 · Screenplay
Millions Like Us
1943 · Director, Screenplay
We Dive at Dawn
1943 · Writer
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 · Screenplay
Partners in Crime
1942 · Director, Writer
Kipps
1941 · Screenplay
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941 · Writer
Crook's Tour
1940 · Characters
Night Train to Munich
1940 · Screenplay
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
1939 · Writer
A Girl Must Live
1939 · Writer
The Lady Vanishes
1938 · Screenplay
Oh, Mr. Porter!
1937 · Original Story
Educated Evans
1936 · Writer
Seven Sinners
1936 · Writer
Where's Sally?
1936 · Script
Twelve Good Men
1936 · Writer
Rolling Home
1935 · Writer
The Black Mask
1935 · Writer
Get Off My Foot
1935 · Writer
Mr. What's-His-Name?
1935 · Script
So You Won't Talk
1935 · Screenplay, Dialogue
Emil and the Detectives
1935 · Scenario Writer
A Southern Maid
1934 · Writer
Facing the Music
1933 · Screenplay
Happy
1933 · Writer
You Made Me Love You
1933 · Writer
Hawleys of High Street
1933 · Writer
For the Love of Mike
1932 · Writer
Josser in the Army
1932 · Writer
Old Spanish Customers
1932 · Scenario Writer
The Last Coupon
1932 · Screenplay
After Office Hours
1932 · Writer
Keepers of Youth
1931 · Writer
Lucky children
1931 · Screenplay
Hobson's Choice
1931 · Writer
The Woman Between
1931 · Script
How He Lied to Her Husband
1931 · Scenario Writer
Children of Chance
1930 · Writer
The Middle Watch
1930 · Script
Song of Soho
1930 · Writer
The W Plan
1930 · Writer
Under the Greenwood Tree
1929 · Scenario Writer, Dialogue
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