Compton Bennett (1900-1974)

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Alias:
Bob Compton-Bennett

Birthplace:
Turnbridge Wells, Kent, U.K.

Born:
January 15, 1900

Died:
August 13, 1974

Herbert William Compton Bennett (15 January 1900 – 11 August 1974), better known as Compton Bennett, was an English film director, writer and producer. He is perhaps best known for directing the 1945 film The Seventh Veil and the 1950 version of the film King Solomon's Mines, an adaptation of an Allan Quatermain story.  Bennett was born in Tunbridge Wells, England. At the beginning of his career, he worked as a band leader and a commercial artist before trying his hand at amateur filmmaking. One of these early films helped him land a job at Alexander Korda's London Films in 1932. There, he became a film editor; later he would help make instructional and propaganda films for the British armed forces during World War II.  Bennett's films tended to be sombre, but were very popular with the moviegoing public. In 1946, Bennett accepted an invitation to go to Hollywood for Universal.  It was, however, during this time that he directed King Solomon's Mines. He was replaced during filming by Andrew Marton.  Bennett eventually returned to the UK. From 1954 to 1957, he left film work to pursue interests in the theatre and television, but produced four films in 1957, After the Ball, Man-Eater, That Woman Opposite and The Flying Scot. Although he continued to write and direct for film and television, his subsequent productions were not as well received.

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Associate Producer:
1945  29 Acacia Avenue

Director:
1942  Find, Fix and Strike
1945  29 Acacia Avenue
1945  The Seventh Veil
1946  The Years Between
1948  Daybreak
1948  My Own True Love
1949  That Forsyte Woman
1950  King Solomon's Mines
1952  Gift Horse
1952  It Started in Paradise
1952  So Little Time
1953  Desperate Moment
1957  After the Ball
1957  That Woman Opposite
1957  The Flying Scot
1960  Beyond the Curtain
1965  How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

Editor:
1942  Find, Fix and Strike
1942  The Big Blockade
1945  29 Acacia Avenue
1945  The Seventh Veil
1946  The Years Between
1948  Daybreak
1948  My Own True Love
1949  That Forsyte Woman
1950  King Solomon's Mines
1952  Gift Horse
1952  It Started in Paradise
1952  So Little Time
1953  Desperate Moment
1957  After the Ball
1957  That Woman Opposite
1957  The Flying Scot
1960  Beyond the Curtain
1965  How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

Producer:
1942  Find, Fix and Strike
1942  The Big Blockade
1945  29 Acacia Avenue
1945  The Seventh Veil
1946  The Years Between
1948  Daybreak
1948  My Own True Love
1949  That Forsyte Woman
1950  King Solomon's Mines
1952  Gift Horse
1952  It Started in Paradise
1952  So Little Time
1953  Desperate Moment
1957  After the Ball
1957  That Woman Opposite
1957  The Flying Scot
1960  Beyond the Curtain
1965  How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

Production Design:
1942  Find, Fix and Strike
1942  The Big Blockade
1945  29 Acacia Avenue
1945  Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I
1945  The Seventh Veil
1946  The Years Between
1948  Daybreak
1948  My Own True Love
1949  That Forsyte Woman
1950  King Solomon's Mines
1952  Gift Horse
1952  It Started in Paradise
1952  So Little Time
1953  Desperate Moment
1957  After the Ball
1957  That Woman Opposite
1957  The Flying Scot
1960  Beyond the Curtain
1965  How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

Screenplay:
1942  Find, Fix and Strike
1942  The Big Blockade
1945  29 Acacia Avenue
1945  Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I
1945  The Seventh Veil
1946  The Years Between
1948  Daybreak
1948  My Own True Love
1949  That Forsyte Woman
1950  King Solomon's Mines
1952  Gift Horse
1952  It Started in Paradise
1952  So Little Time
1953  Desperate Moment
1957  After the Ball
1957  That Woman Opposite
1957  The Flying Scot
1960  Beyond the Curtain
1965  How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

Writer:
1942  Find, Fix and Strike
1942  The Big Blockade
1945  29 Acacia Avenue
1945  Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I
1945  The Seventh Veil
1946  The Years Between
1948  Daybreak
1948  My Own True Love
1949  That Forsyte Woman
1950  King Solomon's Mines
1952  Gift Horse
1952  It Started in Paradise
1952  So Little Time
1953  Desperate Moment
1957  After the Ball
1957  That Woman Opposite
1957  The Flying Scot
1960  Beyond the Curtain
1965  How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

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