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Walter Charles Mycroft (1890 – 14 June 1959) was a British novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director.〔(List of credits )〕 In the 1920s he was film critic of the London ''Evening Standard'', and a founder of the London (Film Society ), before joining the film industry. In 1928 he became Literary Adviser and Scenario Editor at the newly founded studio British International Pictures at Elstree, sometimes working with his friend Alfred Hitchcock. He was by his own account the principal author of Hitchcock's first BIP film ''The Ring'' (1927), and credited as the author of the original story on which ''Champagne'' (1928) was based. Their friendship does not seem to survived their collaboration. Mycroft was elevated to head of production at Elstree during the 1930s, during which time BIP was reconstituted as the Associated British Picture Corporation. The company released a large number of films on which Mycroft was credited as producer, with varying levels of actual involvement. His adopted son, David Rees Mycroft worked as assistant director on a number of Elstree productions. David Mycroft, who isn't mentioned in Walter Mycroft's autobiography ''The Time of My Life'',〔('The Time of My Life' on Google Books (limited view) )〕 edited by Vincent Porter and published posthumously, was an experimental filmmaker, poet and psychologist who studied with R.D. Laing. David Mycroft's daughter Ruth Novaczek is a British experimental film maker. ==Selected filmography== Producer * ''Sleepless Nights'' (1932) * ''His Wife's Mother'' (1932) * ''Hawley's of High Street'' (1933) * ''A Southern Maid'' (1933) * ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' (1934) * ''Give Her a Ring'' (1934) * ''Over the Garden Wall'' (1934) * ''The Great Defender'' (1934) * ''Drake of England'' (1935) * ''It's a Bet'' (1935) * ''McGlusky the Sea Rover'' (1935) * ''Music Hath Charms'' (1935) * ''Heart's Desire'' (1935) * ''Spring Handicap'' (1937) * ''The Dominant Sex'' (1937) * ''Aren't Men Beasts!'' (1937) * ''Star of the Circus'' (1938) * ''Marigold'' (1938) * ''Murder in Soho'' (1939) * ''The House of the Arrow'' (1940) * ''The Middle Watch'' (1940) * ''Dead Man's Shoes'' (1940) * ''The Flying Squad'' (1940) * ''The Woman's Angle'' (1952) Director * ''My Wife's Family'' (1941) * ''Spring Meeting'' (1941) * ''Banana Ridge'' (1942) * ''Comin' Thro the Rye'' (1947) Screenwriter * ''Murder!'' (1930) directed by Alfred Hitchcock * ''The Man from Chicago'' (1930) * ''Dreyfus'' (1931) * ''Keepers of Youth'' (1931) * ''Let's Love and Laugh'' (1931) * ''Money for Nothing'' (1932) * ''Carmen'' (1932) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter C. Mycroft」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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