Eliot Stannard
Eliot Stannard (born March 1, 1888 in London , England ; † November 21, 1944 ibid) was a British screenwriter who was best known for his collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock .
Life
Eliot Stannard was the son of civil engineer Arthur Stannard and writer Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Palmer. Until 1911 he worked as his father's deputy managing director in a company. After the death of his father in 1912 he took over the management, but had to declare bankruptcy in November 1913. Between 1914 and 1933, Stannard wrote the screenplay for 88 feature films, eight of them directed by Alfred Hitchcock .
family
Stannard married Patricia Bingham Johns' widow in 1916, but separated again in the early 1930s. He died in November 1944 at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital in Kensington. The cause of death was registered as chronic rheumatic myocarditis .
Filmography (selection)
- 1914: The Idol of Paris
- 1917: Justice
- 1918: Nelson
- 1920: Wuthering Heights
- 1923: Scrooge
- 1925: The Pleasure Garden (The Pleasure Garden)
- 1927: The tenant (The Lodger)
- 1927: Downhill (Downhill)
- 1927 frivolous (easy virtue)
- 1927: The World Champion (The Ring)
- 1928: The wife of the farmer (The Farmer's Wife)
- 1928: Champagne
- 1929: The Manxman (The Manxman)
- 1933: To Brighton with Gladys
Web links
- Eliot Stannard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Eliot Stannard in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eliot Stannard . Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ↑ Eliot Stannard . Retrieved July 9, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stannard, Eliot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1944 |
| Place of death | London , England |