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Brock Williams
Born (1894-07-08 ) 8 July 1894Died 19 February 1964(1964-02-19) (aged 69 ) Occupation Screenwriter Years active 1930 – 1962
Brock Williams (8 July 1894 – 19 February 1964) was a prolific English screenwriter with over 100 films to his credit between 1930 and 1962. He also had a brief directorial career, and later also worked in television. Two of his novels The Earl of Chicago Uncle Willie and the Bicycle Shop
A native of Cornwall , in 1930 Williams joined Teddington Studios , the British arm of Warner Brothers , where he would spend the next 15 years. The 1930s was the golden age of the quota quickie , when Teddington was churning out quickly and cheaply shot films by the week, so work was plentiful. With few exceptions, these films were deemed of ephemeral value, with no worthwhile life after their first cinema run. The unfortunate result for modern film historians is that a good proportion are now classed as lost films , while those that have survived did so more by chance than intention. Films on which Williams worked included three early Michael Powell ventures Something Always Happens The Girl in the Crowd Someday Arthur B. Woods , producer Irving Asher and cinematographer Basil Emmott , most notably on Q Planes
The quota quickie, (Cinematograph Films Act 1927 ), assembly line died with the outbreak of World War II, when Britain's major studios started to concentrate on making fewer pictures with higher production values and quality, often with an overtly patriotic and propagandistic tone. Williams remained contracted to Teddington until 1944, scripting such films as Contraband Candlelight in Algeria Gainsborough ghost story A Place of One's Own
Williams made two forays into film directing, with the 1947 Phyllis Calvert melodrama The Root of All Evil I'm a Stranger Greta Gynt . He spent the rest of his film career mainly in the 1950s B-movie fields of thrillers and crime, with his last credits coming in two Lance Comfort productions in 1961 and 1962. He also ventured into television, scripting eight episodes of early police procedural drama Fabian of the Yard BBC (1955–56), five episodes of historical adventure serial The Gay Cavalier Associated-Rediffusion (1957), and six of The New Adventures of Charlie Chan ITC Entertainment (1957–58). Williams died on 19 February 1964, aged 69.
Filmography [ edit ]
His First Car
Black Coffee
Rodney Steps In
The Eternal Feminine
Immediate Possession
We Dine at Seven
Almost a Divorce
Chin Chin Chinaman
The Wrong Mr. Perkins
Peace and Quiet
Self Made Lady
Condemned to Death
The Lacquered Box
Flat No. 9
Don't Be a Dummy
Looking on the Bright Side
Her First Affaire
Double Wedding
The Thirteenth Candle
Head of the Family
Mr. Quincey of Monte Carlo
What Happened to Harkness?
The Lash
The Silver Spoon
Leave It to Blanche
Nine Forty-Five
The Life of the Party
Too Many Millions
The Blue Squadron
Something Always Happens
The Girl in the Crowd
Crime Unlimited
Hello, Sweetheart
Someday
Widow's Might
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
Wolf's Clothing
Faithful
They Didn't Know
It's in the Bag
Where's Sally?
Fair Exchange
Crown v. Stevens
Hail and Farewell
Irish for Luck
The Vulture
The Windmill
Wanted!
Don't Get Me Wrong
The Windmill
You Live and Learn
Merry Comes to Town
Gypsy
The Singing Cop
The Dark Stairway
Thistledown
It's in the Blood
Q Planes
Murder Will Out
Confidential Lady
His Brother's Keeper
The Earl of Chicago
The Midas Touch
Contraband
The Briggs Family
Two for Danger
George and Margaret
The Prime Minister
Fingers
The Peterville Diamond
Flying Fortress
This Was Paris
The Night Invader
The Dark Tower
Candlelight in Algeria
The Hundred Pound Window
A Place of One's Own
The Root of All Evil
Dancing with Crime
Tony Draws a Horse
I'm a Stranger
The Night Won't Talk
Three Steps in the Dark
Meet Mr. Callaghan
Isn't Life Wonderful!
Meet Mr. Malcolm
The Harassed Hero
The Gilded Cage
The Time of His Life
High Terrace
Date with Disaster
Stormy Crossing
Naked Fury
Strictly Confidential
Carry on Constable
Trouble with Eve
Operation Cupid
The Gentle Trap
Ticket to Paradise
Rag Doll
The Painted Smile
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