Vernon Sylvaine

Vernon Sylvaine
Born 9 August 1896
Manchester, Lancashire
United Kingdom
Died 22 November 1957
Sussex, United Kingdom
Other names William Vernon Scotchburn
Occupation Writer

Vernon Sylvaine (1896–1957) was a British playwright and screenwriter. He is known for writing several popular stage farces. He began working in film in 1937 when his stage hit Aren't Men Beasts! was turned into a film of the same title starring Robertson Hare and Alfred Drayton. Hare and Drayton starred in two further adaptations of his plays A Spot of Bother (1938) and Women Aren't Angels (1942). He adapted his own play for the 1943 comedy-thriller Warn That Man.[1]

He was the father of the actress June Sylvaine.

Selected filmography

Selected plays

References

  1. Murphy p.309

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