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Ben Travers is a Scriptwriter British born on 12 november 1886
Ben Travers est un scénariste britannique né le 12 novembre 1886 à Hendon (Royaume-Uni), décédé le 18 décembre 1980 à Londres (Royaume-Uni).
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 november 1886
Death 18 december 1980 (at 94 years)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Birth 12 november 1886
Death 18 december 1980 (at 94 years)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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Filmography of Ben Travers (23 films)
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Fast and Loose (1954)
, 1h15Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall, Charles Victor, June Thorburn, Dora Bryan, Fabia Drake
Roles Story
Rating59%
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.
Uncle Silas (1947)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Jean Simmons, Katína Paxinoú, Derrick De Marney, Derek Bond, Esmond Knight, Marjorie Rhodes
Rating65%
Caroline Ruthyn is the teenage niece of the her elderly uncle Silas, a sickly and at one time unbalanced man who becomes her guardian on the death of her father. The fact that Silas is broke and greedy and young Caroline is the heir to her father's vast fortune is reason enough for Caroline to be wary, but her fears increase when she meets Silas's perverted son and when she discovers that her fearsome former governess, Madame de la Rougierre, is working with her uncle...
Banana Ridge (1942)
, 1h28Directed by Walter C. Mycroft
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Alfred Drayton, Isabel Jeans, Nova Pilbeam, Stewart Rome, John Stuart, Gordon McLeod
Roles Writer
Rating60%
So This Is London (1939)
, 1h10Directed by Thornton Freeland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Alfred Drayton, George Sanders, Berton Churchill, Fay Compton, Carla Lehmann, Stewart Granger
Rating69%
Old Iron (1938)
Directed by Tom Walls
Genres Drama
Actors Tom Walls, Cecil Parker, Richard Ainley, Enid Stamp Taylor, Arthur Wontner, Henry Hewitt
Second Best Bed (1938)
Directed by Tom Walls
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Tom Walls, Jane Baxter, Carl Jaffe, Greta Gynt, Edward Lexy, Tyrell Davis
Roles Writer
Rating51%
Un couple nouvellement marié rencontre des difficultés lorsque la femme refuse d'obéir aux ordres de son mari.
For Valour (1937)
, 1h34Directed by Tom Walls
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Tom Walls, Joan Marion, Hubert Harben, Reginald Tate, Evan Thomas, Alan Napier
Rating62%
During the Boer War, Private Doubleday saves the life of Major Pyke. Pyke recommends that he be awarded a Victoria Cross but the Private is instead sent to prison when his past crimes are discovered. Pyke therefore decides to raise Doubleday's son as his own. Many years later the younger Doubleday has grown to be a master criminal who has never been caught by the police, but whose plans for a major job are ruined by the interference of his ex-convict father.
Pot Luck (1936)
, 1h11Directed by Tom Walls
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Tom Walls, Diana Churchill, Peter Gawthorne, Martita Hunt, Cyril Smith, Sara Allgood
Roles Writer
Rating58%
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures. His investigation takes him to the home of the innocent Mr Pye (Robertson Hare), whose house has been used by the crooks to hide their proceeds.
Dishonour Bright (1936)
, 1h23Directed by Tom Walls
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Tom Walls, Eugene Pallette, Betty Stockfeld, Diana Churchill, Cecil Parker, Arthur Wontner
Roles Story
Rating63%
Stephen Champion is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court. During the case he strikes up a flirtatious relationship with Stella Crane, the wife of one of the lawyers. Nonetheless he marries his lover when her divorce comes through. While on his European honeymoon, he comes to Stella's assistance when she is nearly trapped by a cad and his blackmailing associate. Yet it takes some time to convince both his own wife and her husband that his conduct has been entirely honourable.
Foreign Affaires (1935)
, 1h11Directed by Tom Walls
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Tom Walls, Norma Varden, Diana Churchill, Marie Lohr, Cecil Parker, Kathleen Kelly
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Stormy Weather (1935)
, 1h14Directed by Tom Walls
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Tom Walls, Yvonne Arnaud, Norma Varden, Andrews Engelmann, Davy Burnaby, Peter Gawthorne
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Bullock. By contrast a neighbouring shop is filed with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompentent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.
A Cup of Kindness (1934)
, 1h21Directed by Tom Walls
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Tom Walls, Dorothy Hyson, Claude Hulbert, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Eva Moore, J. Fisher White
Roles Writer
Rating60%
The son and daughter of two feuding families announce they are getting married to widespread uproar.
Dirty Work (1934)
Directed by Tom Walls
Genres Comedy
Actors Gordon Harker, Lilian Bond, Basil Sydney, Margaretta Scott, Cecil Parker, Peter Gawthorne
Roles Writer
Rating60%
A private detective is hired to protect expensive jewelry.
Lady in Danger (1934)
, 1h8Directed by Tom Walls
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Tom Walls, Yvonne Arnaud, Anne Grey, Marie Lohr, Alfred Drayton, Leonora Corbett
Roles Story
Rating55%
British businessman Richard Dexter (Walls) is persuaded to escort the queen of a revolution-torn European country to the safety of England via his aeroplane. Once there his relations with the Queen (Yvonne Arnaud) are farcically misconstrued, when his fiancée Lydia (Anne Gray) arrives unannounced. After many adventures, the King (Hugh Wakefield), who has fled to Paris, is reunited with his wife.
Just My Luck (1933)
, 1h17Origin United-kingdom
Actors Winifred Shotter, Davy Burnaby, Frederick Burtwell
A shy teacher takes over the running of a hotel.