Benn W. Levy - Turner Classic Movies

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Lord Camber's Ladies (1932)

The Unfinished Symphony (1935)

Melody in Spring (1934)

Springtime for Henry (1934)

Contract Writer

The Old Dark House (1932)

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Old Dark House, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Not A Very Good Chorus Girl

Topaze (1933) -- (Movie Clip) To Succeed In Life

Biography

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Lord Camber's Ladies (1932)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Unfinished Symphony (1935)

Melody in Spring (1934)

Springtime for Henry (1934)

Contract Writer

The Old Dark House (1932)

Devil and the Deep (1932)

The Gay Diplomat (1931)

Transgression (1931)

Additional Dialogue

Blackmail (1929)

Blackmail (1929)

Writer (Dialogue)

Life Events

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Old Dark House, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Not A Very Good Chorus Girl Strangers waiting out a storm (including Raymond Massey, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart and Ernest Thesiger) learn about Sir William (Charles Laughton) and chorus-girl Gladys (Lillian Bond) in The Old Dark House, 1932.

Topaze (1933) -- (Movie Clip) To Succeed In Life Something of a soliloquy for the leading man and title character, John Barrymore as a Parisian chemistry teacher, Jackie Searle as “De La Tour La Tour,” spoiled son of wealth, his only credited student, in Universal’s Topaze, 1933, from a Marcel Pagnol play.

Evergreen (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Springtime In Your Heart For the benefit of London director Benn (Sonnie Hale), inept PR man Tommy (Barry Mackay) and ex-showgirl Maudie (Betty Balfour) reveal Jessie Matthews, claiming she’s the star Harriet Green he knew back in the day, rather than her daughter, song by Harry M. Woods, in Evergreen, 1934.

Evergreen (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Dancing On The Ceiling In her London Art Deco flat, British superstar Jessie Matthews as West End theater star “Harriet” (part of a complicated story in which she’s claiming to be her own mother) with a Rodgers and Hart tune from the original stage production, in Evergreen, 1934, from British-Gaumont studios.

Evergreen (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow-Wow Joining the first scene in a West End theater ca. 1909, Jessie Matthews is headliner Harriet Green in her farewell performance with a standard tune of the day, Betty Balfour among the troupe, Victor Saville directing, in the early British partly Rodgers & Hart musical Evergreen, 1934.

Evergreen (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Today's My Lucky Day After the prologue, Jessie Matthews as the daughter of a West End star who abandoned showbiz and gave her up for adoption, at an audition, Jessie’s husband Sonnie Hale the director, Marjorie Brooks his leading lady, Barry Mackay the witty PR man, in the British musical Evergreen, 1934.

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