Claudine West
| Claudine West | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 January 1890 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom |
| Died |
11 April 1943 Beverly Hills, California United States |
| Other names | Ivy Claudine Godber |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1929–1943 (film) |
Claudine West (1890–1943) was a British novelist and screenwriter.[1] She moved to Hollywood in 1929, and was employed by MGM on many films, including some of their biggest productions of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Many of the films she worked on were British-themed such as Goodbye, Mr. Chips and The White Cliffs of Dover.
In 1942, West won an Oscar as one of the screenwriters of the highly regarded World War II drama Mrs. Miniver.
Selected filmography
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
- The High Road (1930)
- The Guardsman (1931)
- Son of India (1931)
- Jenny Lind (1932)
- Payment Deferred (1932)
- Reunion in Vienna (1933)
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
- The Dark Angel (1935)
- The Good Earth (1937)
- Marie Antoinette (1938)
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) – Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Mortal Storm (1940)
- Random Harvest (1942)
- Mrs. Miniver (1942) – Won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
References
- ↑ Calder p.255
Bibliography
- Calder, Robert L. Beware the British Serpent: The Role of Writers in British Propaganda in the United States, 1939-1945. McGill-Queen's Press, 2004.
External links
Authority control  |
|---|
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.