Doreen Montgomery

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Doreen Montgomery (born April 12, 1913 in Glasgow , Scotland , † February 24, 1992 in London , United Kingdom ) was a British screenwriter .

Live and act

Doreen Montgomery studied art at the University of Edinburgh in the 1930s until she graduated with a Magister Artium . She then applied for scripts for the Associated British Picture Corporation and caught the attention of producer Walter C. Mycroft , who signed Montgomery. Montgomery's early screenwriting contributions provided cheap B-pictures . This was not to change until the middle of World War II when Montgomery switched to Gainsborough Pictures . There she landed several successes in quick succession with costume romances and melodramas, especially The Lord in Gray , Gaslight and Shadow and Cornwall Rhapsody - films that turned out to be big boxers. Montgomery's later work was far less successful. In the 1950s she wrote again only for B-films, since 1958 the Scot has been supplying TV series exclusively for a decade. In 1969 Doreen Montgomery retired from the film and television business.

Filmography

  • 1938: Lassie from Lancashire
  • 1938: Meet Mr. Penny
  • 1939: Poison Pen
  • 1939: Just William
  • 1939: At the Villa Rose
  • 1940: The House of the Arrow
  • 1940: The Flying Squad
  • 1943: The Man in Gray (The Man in Gray)
  • 1944: Gaslight and Shadow (Fanny by Gaslight)
  • 1944: Cornwall Rhapsody (Love Story)
  • 1946: This Man Is Mine
  • 1947: While I Live
  • 1950: Count Orloff's dangerous love (Shadow of the Eagle)
  • 1951: La rivale dell'imperatrice
  • 1953: The Triangle
  • 1954: The Scarlet Web
  • 1954: Born to dance (Dance Little Lady)
  • 1955: A Time to Kill
  • 1955: Born for Trouble
  • 1956: The Narrowing Circle
  • 1957: Murder Reported
  • 1959: William Tell (TV series)
  • 1962: Sir Francis Drake - The Queen's Pirate ( Sir Francis Drake , TV series)
  • 1964: Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV series)

literature

  • International Motion Picture Almanac 1965, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1964, p. 202

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personal data
SURNAME Montgomery, Doreen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1992
Place of death London , UK