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Arthur B. Woods is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Art Direction British born on 17 august 1904 at Liverpool (United-kingdom)

Arthur B. Woods

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 august 1904 at Liverpool (United-kingdom)
Death 8 february 1944 (at 39 years) at Emsworth (United-kingdom)

Arthur Bickerstaffe Woods (17 August 1904 – 8 February 1944) was an English film director with 27 credits between 1933 and 1940. Woods' films were mainly quota quickies but were diverse in style, from light comedy and musicals to dark crime thrillers. His most acclaimed film is 1938's They Drive by Night. By the end of the 1930s Woods was gaining a reputation as one of Britain's most promising and versatile young directors, but put his career on hold to volunteer for war service in the Royal Air Force, the only British film director to do so. He was killed while on active service in February 1944, leaving his potential largely unfulfilled.

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Arthur Woods réalise 27 films entre 1933 et 1940, principalement des films vite faits et de tous genres, allant de la comédie légère, à la comédie musicale et au polar noir. Son film qui a obtenu le plus de succès est (They Drive by Night) (1938). À la fin de cette décennie, Woods a la réputation d'être l'un des réalisateurs les plus prometteurs et les plus polyvalents de Grande-Bretagne. Cependant, il met sa carrière en veilleuse pour se porter volontaire à la Royal Air Force, et c'est même le seul réalisateur britannique à agir ainsi. Il est tué en service actif en février 1944 avec son copilote norvégien, leur avion étant entré en collision de nuit avec un bombardier britannique.

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Filmography of Arthur B. Woods (32 films)

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Actor

The Lost Patrol
Directed by Walter Summers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War
Themes Political films
Actors Arthur B. Woods
Roles Hawkins
Rating61% 3.081473.081473.081473.081473.08147
During the First World War, a hard-pressed British patrol in the deserts of Mesopotamia come under attack from the enemy. Gradually they are picked off one by one.

Director

Busman's Honeymoon, 1h39
Directed by Richard Thorpe, Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks, Seymour Hicks, Robert Newton, Googie Withers
Rating61% 3.097063.097063.097063.097063.09706
Lorsque Lord Peter Wimsey, un détective amateur, se marie avec Harriet Vane, une écrivain spécialisée dans les romans policiers, ils s'engagent à abandonner le crime pour de bon. Pour faire une surprise à Harriet, Peter achète un cottage dans le Devon, où ils prévoient de passer leur lune de miel, accompagnés de leur fidèle valet Mervyn Bunter. Toutefois, le lendemain de leur arrivée, le corps de Noakes, à qui Lord Peter avait acheté le cottage, est retrouvé. Bien que ce village soit généralement paisible, un certain nombre de suspects sont possibles, de la nièce de Noakes à Sellon, le policier du village. Ils ne veulent pas s'impliquer dans l'enquête, mais l'arrivée de leur ami vieil l'inspecteur de Scotland Yard Andrew Kirk change la donne. Peter finit par trouver le coupable et le couple décide de se rendre dans un lieu plus calme mais, quand ils entendent des coups de feu à l'intérieur de l'auberge où ils comptaient s'arrêter, ils s'en éloignent préciitamment.
Confidential Lady, 1h14
Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ben Lyon, Jane Baxter, Athole Stewart, Ronald Ward, Jean Cadell, Frederick Burtwell

Jill Trevor (Baxter) vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple (Athole Stewart), who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent (Lyon) to offer to write up Jill's story, in the hope that he will be able to dig up some dirt on Morple. Jim is initially sceptical, seeing Jill as a silly attention-seeking airhead, but as he gets to know her he changes his mind and realises there is substance to her claims, so the pair join forces to discredit Morple publicly, at the same time as starting to fall in love with each other.
Q Planes
Q Planes (1939)
, 1h22
Directed by Jack Clayton, Tim Whelan, Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Valerie Hobson, George Curzon, Patrick Aherne, George Merritt
Rating64% 3.236853.236853.236853.236853.23685
Advanced British aircraft prototypes, carrying experimental and secret equipment are vanishing with their crews on test flights. No one can fathom why, not even spymaster Major Hammond (Ralph Richardson) or his sister Kay (Valerie Hobson), a newspaper reporter, who is working undercover in the works canteen used by the crews at the Barrett & Ward Aircraft Company.
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Arthur Margetson, Peter Coke, Lesley Brook, Joyce Kennedy, Edward Chapman, Coral Browne

In this thriller, a playwright overhears a gang of men plotting a kidnapping and enlists the assistance of a detective to investigate them. They soon find the ring is fronted by a bogus employment agency that sends "clients" to check out potential victims. Action ensues as they endeavor to stop them.
Dangerous Medicine, 1h12
Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Elizabeth Allan, Cyril Ritchard, Edmund Breon, Aubrey Mallalieu, Basil Gill, Leo Genn

Secretary Victoria Ainswell (Allan) marries her wealthy elderly boss. Soon after the wedding he dies suddenly in suspicious circumstances, and the autopsy reveals that the police have a murderer on their hands. Everything points to Victoria as the only person with means, opportunity and motive, and as she can provide no sensible explanation as to who else could have killed her husband, she is arrested and put on trial for murder.
Mr. Satan
Mr. Satan (1938)
, 1h19
Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Actors James Stephenson, Chili Bouchier, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Franklin Dyall, Patricia Medina

News correspondent Tim Garnett (Stephenson) and his photographer Connelly (Richard "Skeets" Gallagher) have been on assignment in a country on the edge of revolution. At the airport as they wait to leave, Connelly snaps a throwaway shot of an attractive woman boarding a plane. When the photograph is developed, they realise that the woman's male companion is Emile Zubova (Franklin Dyall), a notorious illegal arms dealer who had recently been reported as having committed suicide while on the run from agents wishing to track him down.
The Singing Cop, 1h18
Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Chili Bouchier, Athole Stewart, Bobbie Comber, Vera Bogetti, Frederick Burtwell

A temperamental opera diva arouses official suspicion that she is a spy, secretly gathering classified information to pass to enemy agents. A policeman who happens to be a talented amateur singer is sent undercover to join the opera company and try to find out whether there is any substance to the allegations. Once there, an immediate attraction springs up between the policeman and a female member of the company. But the diva also sets her sights on him and, used to getting what she wants, becomes the bitter rival-in-love of the other singer. The policeman lets his lady friend into his confidence, and the pair set about sleuthing. They finally prove that all the suspicions were justified and the diva is indeed a foreign agent.
They Drive by Night, 1h24
Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Emlyn Williams, Ernest Thesiger, Anna Konstam, William Hartnell, Allan Jeayes, Anthoney Holles
Rating69% 3.466073.466073.466073.466073.46607
“Shorty” Matthews (Emlyn Williams) having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community.
The Return of Carol Deane, 1h16
Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Bebe Daniels, Peter Coke, Arthur Margetson, Chili Bouchier, David Burns, Aubrey Mallalieu

In the London of 1912, Carol Deane (Daniels) becomes famous for a portrait of her painted by artist Mark Poynton (Arthur Margetson), who is infatuated with her. Carol however marries Lord Robert Brenning (Michael Drake), much to the chagrin of Poynton. She gives birth to a son then with the outbreak of World War I, Lord Robert goes off to fight on the Western Front while Carol becomes a nurse. Poynton is admitted as a patient to Carol's hospital, and tells her he is still in love with her. Carol tries to make light of his persistence, but after being released Poynton calls her to insist that she come to see him, threatening that if she does not, he will make her the subject of a public scandal. Carol goes to visit Poynton, who pulls a gun on her, demanding that she return to live with him. There is a struggle, during which Carol accidentally shoots Poynton dead.