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
- Aren't Men Beasts! (1937)
Selected plays
- Aren't Men Beasts!
- A Spot of Bother
References
- ↑ Murphy p.309
Bibliography
- Murphy, Robert. British Cinema and the Second World War. A&C Black, 2005.