Frank Launder

Frank Launder (born January 28, 1906 in Hitchin , Hertfordshire , England , † February 23, 1997 in Monte Carlo , Monaco ) was a British screenwriter, film director and film producer.

Life

Frank Launder switched to writing after completing his civil service training. From 1936 began a long-term collaboration with Sidney Gilliat . Together or alternately on each other's projects, they wrote scripts, directed and, after founding their own production company, also took on production responsibility. One of the best-known films from the early years of their activity was A Lady Vanishes , directed by Alfred Hitchcock , for whom they wrote the script, as well as several films by Carol Reed . Over the years, Launder's work, which at the beginning also included crime films and period dramas, was increasingly limited to comedy material.

Filmography (selection)

Screenwriter

1936: A corpse in Nice (Seven sinners)
1938: A Lady Vanishes (The Lady Vanishes)
1940: Night Train to Munich
1941: Kipps - novel of a simple person (Kipps)
1942: The Young Mr. Pitt
1944: The last fall (The Rake's Progress)
1950: Das doppelte College (The happiest Days of your life) - also directed

Literary template

1937: Otto, put the brakes on! (Oh, Mr. Porter!)
1958: Always Trouble in the Army (Up the Creek)

producer

1947: Warning: Green (Green for Danger)
1947: Captain Boycott - also director and screenplay
1948: The Blue Lagoon (The Blue Lagoon) - also written and directed
1948: London belongs to me
1950: State Secret
1951: Maxie makes a career (Lady Godiva rides again) - also direction and screenplay
1954: The Fair of St. Trinian's (The Belles of St. Trinian's) - also written and directed
1955: This is what women love (The constant Husband)
1956: On a silk thread (Fortune is a woman) - also screenplay
1956: The Green Man (The Green Man) - also screenplay after his stage play Meet a Body
1957: The smallest show on earth (The smallest show on Earth)
1959: Der Wahlk (r) ampf (Left, Right and Center) - also directed
1959: A Scotsman looking for a bride (The bridal Path) - also director and screenplay

1961: You can only love as a couple (Only Two Can Play)

Web links

Frank Launder in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ 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 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 606.

personal data
SURNAME	Launder, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British screenwriter, film director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 28, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hitchin , Hertfordshire, England, UK
DATE OF DEATH	February 23, 1997
Place of death	Monte Carlo , Monaco

[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 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 606.