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Pen Tennyson is a Director, Scriptwriter, Assistant Director and Second Unit born on 26 august 1912 at Chelsea (United-kingdom)
Frederick Penrose Tennyson (26 August 1912 – 7 July 1941) was a British film director whose promising career was cut short when he died in a plane crash. Tennyson gained experience as an assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock in several of his British films during the 1930s. Tennyson directed three films between 1939 and his death in 1941.
He went to Eton College and married actress Nova Pilbeam in 1939.
He was a great-grandson of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson.
(1938)
(Assistant Director)
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Birth name Frederick Penrose Tennyson
Birth 26 august 1912 at Chelsea (United-kingdom)
Death 7 july 1941 (at 28 years)
Birth 26 august 1912 at Chelsea (United-kingdom)
Death 7 july 1941 (at 28 years)
He went to Eton College and married actress Nova Pilbeam in 1939.
He was a great-grandson of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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Filmography of Pen Tennyson (10 films)
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Convoy (1940)
, 1h30Directed by Pen Tennyson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Edward Rigby
Rating59%
A Royal Navy cruiser returns to base to find all leave has been cancelled and they are to start out straight away for a special mission. They are sent to meet a convoy and escort them safely into English coastal waters. One stubborn merchant ship captain refuses to join the convoy and is attacked by a U-boat which sets a trap for the convoy and its escorts.
The Proud Valley (1940)
, 1h16Directed by Pen Tennyson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack, Edward Rigby, Clifford Evans, George Merritt
Rating66%
David Goliath, a Black American, arrives in Wales and wins the respect of the very musically oriented Welsh people through his singing. He shares the hardships of their lives, and becomes a working-class hero as he helps to better their working conditions and ultimately, during a mining accident, sacrifices his life to save fellow miners.
There Ain't No Justice (1939)
, 1h23Directed by Pen Tennyson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Jimmy Hanley, Edward Chapman, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare, Michael Wilding, Richard Ainley
Rating60%
Tommy Mutch (Jimmy Hanley) is a garage mechanic and small time boxer. With his family in financial difficulty he needs to find money in a hurry. As luck would have it he meets boxing manager Sammy Sanders (Edward Chapman). Sammy assures Tommy he can get him lucrative main event bouts.
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Convoy (1940)
, 1h30Directed by Pen Tennyson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Edward Rigby
Rating59%
A Royal Navy cruiser returns to base to find all leave has been cancelled and they are to start out straight away for a special mission. They are sent to meet a convoy and escort them safely into English coastal waters. One stubborn merchant ship captain refuses to join the convoy and is attacked by a U-boat which sets a trap for the convoy and its escorts.
The Proud Valley (1940)
, 1h16Directed by Pen Tennyson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack, Edward Rigby, Clifford Evans, George Merritt
Rating66%
David Goliath, a Black American, arrives in Wales and wins the respect of the very musically oriented Welsh people through his singing. He shares the hardships of their lives, and becomes a working-class hero as he helps to better their working conditions and ultimately, during a mining accident, sacrifices his life to save fellow miners.
There Ain't No Justice (1939)
, 1h23Directed by Pen Tennyson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Jimmy Hanley, Edward Chapman, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare, Michael Wilding, Richard Ainley
Roles Writer
Rating60%
Tommy Mutch (Jimmy Hanley) is a garage mechanic and small time boxer. With his family in financial difficulty he needs to find money in a hurry. As luck would have it he meets boxing manager Sammy Sanders (Edward Chapman). Sammy assures Tommy he can get him lucrative main event bouts.
Director
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
, 1h42Directed by Jack Conway
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Sports films
Actors Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh, Edmund Gwenn, Griffith Jones
Roles Assistant Director
Rating65%
A cocky American named Lee Sheridan (Robert Taylor) receives a scholarship to attend Cardinal College, Oxford University in 1937. At first, Lee is reluctant to go to the college owing to his father Dan's (Lionel Barrymore) limited income, but he finally does attend. Once in England, Lee brags about his athletic triumphs to Paul Beaumont (Griffith Jones), Wavertree (Robert Coote), and Ramsey (Peter Croft) on the train to Oxford. Annoyed, they trick Lee into getting off the train at the wrong stop. Lee, however, does make his way to Oxford where the students attempt to trick him again, this time into thinking that he is getting a grand reception. Seeing through the deception, he follows the prankster impersonating the Dean and after chasing him is thrown off and ends up kicking the real Dean of Cardinal (Edmund Gwenn) before retreating.
The Citadel (1938)
, 1h50Directed by King Vidor
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison, Emlyn Williams, Penelope Dudley-Ward
Roles Assistant Director
Rating70%
Dr. Andrew Manson (Robert Donat) is an idealistic newly qualified Scottish doctor dedicated to treating Welsh miners suffering from tuberculosis in the Welsh mining village of Blaenely and apprentice to Dr. Page (Basil Gill). Initially, he is full of lofty scientific goals, though his purpose erodes when he later moves to London to treat rich hypochondriacs, where a chance encounter with a medical school chum Dr. Frederick Lawford (Rex Harrison) leads to his quiet seduction by an ethically challenged medical establishment. Christine (Rosalind Russell), his wife tries to set him back on the original path. Dr. Philip Denny (Ralph Richardson), Manson's best friend, dies at the hands of an incompetent, social-climbing surgeon.
Young and Innocent (1937)
, 1h20Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Derrick De Marney, Nova Pilbeam, Percy Marmont, Basil Radford, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare
Roles Assistant Director
Rating67%
Christine Clay (Pamela Carme), a successful actress, argues passionately with her jealous ex-husband Guy (George Curzon), who makes particular reference to Robert Tisdall, a young man staying near her at her retreat on the English coast. Christine slaps him several times across the face, but he hardly reacts, choosing instead to depart without a word.
Sabotage (1937)
, 1h16Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism
Actors Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, John Loder, Desmond Tester, Matthew Boulton, Stanley James Warmington
Roles Assistant Director
Rating69%
Suddenly, London goes dark and loses all of its electricity. There is commotion at a cinema, with people demanding their money back. The owner of the cinema, Karl Verloc (Oscar Homolka), enters through a back entrance to the living quarters above, and pretends to have been asleep and not know anything of the blackout. His wife, Mrs. Verloc (Sylvia Sidney) comes to get him and is surprised to see him, but he informs her that he had been sleeping the entire time. He instructs his wife to return the money to the customers -- against her protests -- because he has "some money coming in." As the money is about to be disbursed to the customers downstairs, the lights go back on. It is revealed that sand was put in the boilers as an act of sabotage on London's electricity grid.
Secret Agent (1936)
, 1h26Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Spy, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young, Lilli Palmer, Percy Marmont
Roles Assistant Director
Rating63%
British Captain and novelist Edgar Brodie (Gielgud) returns home on leave during the First World War, only to discover his obituary in the newspaper. He is brought to a man identifying himself only as "R", who asks him to undertake a secret mission: to identify and eliminate a German agent on his way to Arabia to stir up trouble in the Middle East. Upon agreeing, Brodie is given a new identity (Richard Ashenden), a fake death, and the assistance of a killer known variously as "the Hairless Mexican" and "the General" (Lorre), though he is neither bald, Mexican or a general.
The 39 Steps (1935)
, 1h21Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Chase films, Films about marriage
Actors Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie
Roles Assistant Director
Rating75%
At a London music hall theatre, Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is watching a demonstration of the superlative powers of recall of "Mr. Memory" (Wylie Watson) when shots are fired. In the ensuing panic, Hannay finds himself holding a seemingly frightened Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim), who talks him into taking her back to his flat. There, she tells him that she is a spy, being chased by assassins, and that she has uncovered a plot to steal vital British military secrets, masterminded by a man with the top joint missing from one of his fingers. She mentions the "39 Steps", but does not explain its meaning.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
, 1h12Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about families
Actors Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Nova Pilbeam, Frank Vosper, Pierre Fresnay
Roles Assistant Director
Rating66%
Bob and Jill Lawrence (Leslie Banks and Edna Best) are a British couple on vacation in Switzerland, with their daughter Betty (Nova Pilbeam). Jill is participating in a clay pigeon shooting contest. They befriend a foreigner, Louis Bernard (Pierre Fresnay), who is staying in their hotel. One evening, as Jill dances with Louis, she witnesses him being killed. Before dying, Louis passes onto them some vital information to be delivered to the British consul.
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Young and Innocent (1937)
, 1h20Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Derrick De Marney, Nova Pilbeam, Percy Marmont, Basil Radford, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare
Roles Second Unit
Rating67%
Christine Clay (Pamela Carme), a successful actress, argues passionately with her jealous ex-husband Guy (George Curzon), who makes particular reference to Robert Tisdall, a young man staying near her at her retreat on the English coast. Christine slaps him several times across the face, but he hardly reacts, choosing instead to depart without a word.