Leslie Howard Gordon
Leslie Howard Gordon (7 October 1891 – 1950) was a British screenwriter and actor of the silent and early sound film eras. He also directed three films in the 1930s including The Double Event (1934).[4] He worked as a screenwriter for Stoll Pictures in the early 1920s, when the company was the largest studio in the country. He often worked with the director Sinclair Hill.
Leslie Howard Gordon | |
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| Born | 7 October 1891[1] London, England[2] |
| Died | 1950 (aged 58)[3] Barnet, Hertfordshire |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, Actor, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1912 – 1937 (film) |
Selected filmography
Director
- The House of Unrest (1931)
- Account Rendered (1932)
- The Double Event (1934)
Screenwriter
- All the World's a Stage (1917)
- The Prey of the Dragon (1921)
- The Woman with the Fan (1921)
- The Woman of His Dream (1921)
- The Tragedy of a Comic Song (1921)
- A Romance of Wastdale (1921)
- Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills (1921)
- The Fruitful Vine (1921)
- The Prey of the Dragon (1921)
- The River of Stars (1921)
- Frailty (1921)
- The Knave of Diamonds (1921)
- The Eleventh Hour (1921)
- Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922)
- Tell Your Children (1922)
- Half a Truth (1922)
- Melody of Death (1922)
- Little Brother of God (1922)
- Belonging (1922)
- The Knight Errant (1922)
- Lamp in the Desert (1922)
- The Passionate Friends 1922)
- The Guns of Loos (1928)
- Dark Red Roses (1929)
- Such Is the Law (1930)
- Other People's Sins (1931)
- The House of Unrest (1931)
- The Great Gay Road (1931)
- Account Rendered (1932)
- The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
- It's a Boy (1933)
- The Double Event (1934)
- Melody and Romance (1937)
- The Live Wire (1937)
Actor
- Peg Woffington (1912)
- All the World's a Stage (1917)
References
- 1939 England and Wales Register
- 1911 England Census
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
- Low p.311
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
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