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Claudine West is a Scriptwriter and Continuity British born on 16 january 1890

Claudine West

Claudine West
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Birth name Ivy Claudine Godber
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 16 january 1890
Death 11 april 1943 (at 53 years)

Claudine West, de son vrai nom Ivy Claudine Godber, est une scénariste, une dramaturge et une romancière britannique née le 16 janvier 1890 à Nottingham (Angleterre) et morte le 11 avril 1943 à Beverly Hills (Californie).

Biography

Claudine West arrive à Hollywood en 1929 et devient scénariste sous contrat avec la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, où elle travaille notamment sur des films en lien avec l'Angleterre.

Best films

Mrs. Miniver (1942)
(Ecrivain)
The Good Earth (1937)
(Scriptwriter)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
(Scriptwriter)
Smilin' Through (1932)
(Writer)
The Guardsman (1931)
(Continuity)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(17 films)
Sidney Franklin
Sidney Franklin
(14 films)
Irving Thalberg
Irving Thalberg
(11 films)
Adrian
Adrian
(12 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Claudine West (24 films)

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Scriptwriter

The White Cliffs of Dover, 2h6
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Gladys Cooper
Rating69% 3.494653.494653.494653.494653.49465
At the height of World War II, Lady Susan Ashwood (Irene Dunne) is a nurse in a British hospital, awaiting the arrival of some wounded men. She thinks back to how she came to Britain many years before.
Forever and a Day, 1h44
Directed by Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Robert Stevenson, René Clair, Edmund Goulding, Herbert Wilcox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Kent Smith, George Kirby, Ruth Warrick, Merle Oberon, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner
Roles Writer
Rating69% 3.4923.4923.4923.4923.492
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret (Kent Smith) is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble (Ruth Warrick), tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
We Were Dancing, 1h35
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Lee Bowman, Marjorie Main, Reginald Owen
Rating60% 3.049163.049163.049163.049163.04916
Vicki Wilomirska, an impoverished Polish princess, falls madly in love while dancing with the charming but penniless Austrian baron Nicki Prax. She ends her engagement to a wealthy lawyer Hubert Tyler. They marry secretly but are exposed by one of Nicki's ex-girlfriends, decorator Linda Wayne. The two support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche. Eventually Nicki decides to do the unthinkable and get a job. Linda pursues Nicki, and Vicki, brokenhearted, sues for divorce. Hubert represents Vicki in the case, and the two again become engaged.
Mrs. Miniver, 2h14
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about families, Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Richard Ney, May Whitty, Reginald Owen
Roles Ecrivain
Rating75% 3.7957653.7957653.7957653.7957653.795765
Kay Miniver (Greer Garson) and her family live a comfortable life at a house called 'Starlings' in Belham, a fictional village outside London. The house has a large garden, with a private landing stage on the River Thames at which is moored a motorboat belonging to her devoted husband Clem (Walter Pidgeon), a successful architect. They have three children: the youngsters Toby (Christopher Severn) and Judy (Clare Sandars) and an older son Vin (Richard Ney) a student at a university. They have live-in staff: Gladys (Brenda Forbes) the housemaid and Ada (Marie De Becker) the cook.
Random Harvest, 2h5
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers, Margaret Wycherly
Rating78% 3.944493.944493.944493.944493.94449
"John Smith" (Ronald Colman) is a British officer who was gassed and became shell shocked in the trenches during the First World War. He is confined to an asylum as an unidentified inmate because he has lost his memory and has trouble speaking. When the war ends, jubilation erupts in the nearby town of Melbridge and the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join the celebration. With no one to stop him, Smith simply wanders off.
The Mortal Storm, 1h40
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan, Robert Stack, Bonita Granville
Rating76% 3.8443453.8443453.8443453.8443453.844345
In 1933, Freya Roth (Margaret Sullavan) is a young German girl engaged to a Nazi party member (Robert Young). When she realizes the true nature of his political views she breaks the engagement and turns her attention to anti-Nazi Martin Breitner (James Stewart). Her father, Professor Roth (Frank Morgan), does not abide by the attitude of the new order towards scientific fact.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1h54
Directed by Victor Saville, Sam Wood
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Robert Donat, Greer Garson, John Mills, Paul Henreid, Terry Kilburn, Judith Furse
Rating78% 3.9463653.9463653.9463653.9463653.946365
In 1928, Mr Chipping (Robert Donat), a retired schoolteacher of 83, is kept home by a cold. He falls asleep and his school teaching career is related in flashback.
On Borrowed Time, 1h39
Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel, Bobs Watson, Nat Pendleton
Rating76% 3.8436453.8436453.8436453.8436453.843645
Brink (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) has recently taken Pud's (Bobs Watson) parents in an auto wreck. Brink later comes for Gramps (Lionel Barrymore). Believing Brink to be an ordinary stranger, the crotchety old Gramps orders Mr. Brink off the property. Pud comes out of the house and asks who the stranger was. Gramps is surprised and relieved that someone else could see the stranger; he was not merely a dream or apparition.
Marie Antoinette, 2h29
Directed by Jacques Tourneur, W. S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut
Rating72% 3.6439753.6439753.6439753.6439753.643975
In Vienna, 15-year-old Marie Antoinette (Norma Shearer) is informed by her mother, Empress Marie Therese of Austria (Alma Kruger), that Marie is to marry the future King of France, the Dauphin Louis XVI (Robert Morley). The young princess is excited to meet her future husband and live as a queen, but the Dauphin she married is actually a shy man, more at home with locksmithing than attending parties at the court at Versailles. After they are married, Marie tries desperately to please her husband, and after some trepidation, the Dauphin realizes he can trust Marie and tells her he cannot produce heirs. Without children to occupy her time and attention, Marie is bored and associates with the power-hungry Duc d'Orleans (Joseph Schildkraut), even though the Dauphin does not like him.
The Good Earth, 2h18
Directed by Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Keye Luke
Rating74% 3.741163.741163.741163.741163.74116
In pre-World War I northern China, a young farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer), a lowly servant at the Great House, the residence of the most powerful family in their village. O-Lan proves to be an excellent wife, hard working and uncomplaining. Wang Lung prospers. He buys more land, and O-Lan gives birth to two sons and a daughter. Meanwhile, the Great House begins to decline.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street, 1h49
Directed by Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about families, Poésie, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Katharine Alexander, Una O'Connor
Rating68% 3.4453953.4453953.4453953.4453953.445395
The bulk of the story takes place in the lavish home of Edward Barrett (Charles Laughton) and his adult children. Upstairs, Elizabeth (Norma Shearer), called "Ba", the oldest girl, consults with her doctor. She is recovering from an undisclosed illness and is extremely weak – standing and walking are painful – but the doctor advises that a full recovery is possible.
Queen Christina, 1h39
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, Films about royalty, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen
Rating74% 3.744663.744663.744663.744663.74466
Queen Christina of Sweden (Greta Garbo) is very devoted to her country and the welfare of her people. As queen, Christina favors peace for Sweden. At one point in the film she argues for an end to the Thirty Years' War, saying:
Payment Deferred
Directed by Lothar Mendes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dorothy Peterson, Verree Teasdale, Ray Milland, Billy Bevan
Rating67% 3.3901853.3901853.3901853.3901853.390185
London bank clerk William Marble (Charles Laughton) is deeply in debt. When his boss learns of a lawsuit for an overdue bill, he warns Marble that he will be dismissed if he cannot settle the matter quickly. Then, Marble is visited by a rich nephew whom he has not seen in many years, James Medland (Ray Milland). All night, Marble tries to borrow money from him, having received a financial tip that could solve all his financial troubles. However, Medland is not interested. Driven to desperation, Marble poisons his nephew and buries the body in the back yard.
Smilin' Through, 1h38
Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard, Beryl Mercer, Ralph Forbes, O. P. Heggie
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.4447953.4447953.4447953.4447953.444795
John Carteret (Leslie Howard) is a wealthy man with a huge estate. He was set to marry Moonyeen Clare (Norma Shearer), but on their wedding day she was accidentally killed during the wedding ceremony by her drunken and jealous ex-fiance Jeremy Wayne (Fredric March), who actually meant to kill John. John has spent the rest of his life in mourning. However, Moonyeen has kept in touch with him from the next life. He runs the estate, and has a private retreat where he communicates with her spirit.