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Sidney Gilliat, the English director, screenwriter, and producer, was born on February 15, 1908 in Edgely, Cheshire, England. He began his screen-writing career in the silent movie era, writing inter-titles, going uncredited for his contributions to Honeymoon Abroad (1928), Champagne (1928), and Week-End Wives (1929). He first entered into a working relationship with director Alfred Hitchcock on The Manxman (1929), for which he did uncredited research. Ten years later, he would help write the dialog for the director's Jamaica Inn (1939). He eventually became a credited screenwriter in the 1930s, with A Gentleman of Paris (1931).
He partnered with Frank Launder, whom he first worked with uncredited on The Greenwood Tree (1929), and together they wrote, directed and produced almost 40 movies between their first credited collaboration Facing the Music (1933) through The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966), which they also co-directed. For Hitchcock, they co-wrote the classic The Lady Vanishes (1938). They also wrote Night Train to Munich (1940) for Carol Reed. Their collaboration is most famous for generating the St. Trinian's films, most notably The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954), which was directed by Launder and featured a tour de force performance by Alastair Sim. Sim was also the star of their The Green Man (1956), for which they received second straight Best British Screenplay nomination from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Sidney Gilliat died on May 31, 1994 in Wiltshire, England. He was 86 years old.- An actress of English stage and early cinema - films lost. Prominent member of Henry Baynton's Shakespearean company who played the leading role in productions around Britain before the appearance of the RSC. Performed leading roles in various other London west end and touring productions in Ivor Novello's Company and, earlier, Harry Hanson's Repertory Company. At an early age she was at Leeds College of Art in the newly formed Sculpture School in 1919 where she was a contemporary of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. Later in life Dolores Judson took sculpture commissions including those by Pat Phoenix (Patricia Phoenix
- UK Granada TV's Coronation Street) and Sir Peter Hall CBE.
- Brian Kingcome was born on 31 May 1917 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor and writer, known for Assignment Foreign Legion (1956). He was married to Lesley Wickham. He died on 31 May 1994 in Devon, England, UK.
- Walther Diehl was born on 7 May 1920 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor, known for Familie Benthin (1950), Rotation (1949) and Max und Moritz (1956). He was married to Theodora. He died on 31 May 1994 in München, Germany.
- Marthe Alycia was born on 19 July 1903 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Au théâtre ce soir (1966), The Twilight Girls (1957) and 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (1968). She was married to Henri Guisol. She died on 31 May 1994 in Saint-Raphaël, Var, France.
- Muhamet Shehi was born on 16 June 1928 in Durres, Albania. He was an actor, known for Rrugicat që kërkonin diell (1975), Besa e kuqe (1982) and Ilegalët (1976). He died on 31 May 1994 in Tirana, Albania.
- Art Department
- Art Director
- Production Designer
Milos Cervinka was born on 11 July 1925 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was an art director and production designer, known for Rusalka (1977), Ledoví muzi (1961) and Black Peter (1964). He died on 31 May 1994 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Fanko Jilík was born on 4 July 1914 in Kunovice, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. Fanko was a writer, known for O moravské zemi (1978) and Rátanie havranov (1988). Fanko died on 31 May 1994 in Uherské Hradisté, Czech Republic.
- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Henri Woode was born on 25 September 1909 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Love in Syncopation (1946), Avalon (1990) and Naughty Nudes (1965). He was married to Evelyn E.L. Stewart. He died on 31 May 1994 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.