A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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.
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
Director:
1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood
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