Compton Bennett

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Compton Bennett (born January 15, 1900 in Tunbridge Wells , Kent, † August 13, 1974 in London ) was a British film director .

Life

Compton Bennett began his career in the film industry as a film editor . After directing a few short films and training films for the British Army, his first full-length feature film, The Last Veil in 1945, was a great success, which earned him a contract with a US film company. In Hollywood, however, Bennett was less successful and returned to England in the early 1950s. His other films no longer met with audiences, and so from the 1960s onwards he was only able to work occasionally for television.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1945: The Seventh Veil (The Seventh Veil)
  • 1946: The year in between (The Years Between)
  • 1949: The Fate of Irene Forsyte (That Forsyte Woman)
  • 1950: King Solomon's Mines (King Solomon's Mines)
  • 1951: When the Heart Speaks (So ​​Little Time)
  • 1952: A Food for the Fish (The Gift Horse)
  • 1953: Seconds of Desperation (Desperate Moment)
  • 1957: The Woman Opposite - also screenplay
  • 1957: Money robbery in the night express (The Flying Scot) - also production
  • 1959: Hunted and hunted (Beyond the Curtain) - also screenplay

Web links

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  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 328.
personal data
SURNAME Bennett, Compton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film director
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Tunbridge Wells
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1974
Place of death London