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British film director
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Birth:
1884(London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
Death:
1966(Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Dorset, South West England)
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Biography
Introduction
Thomas Bentley (1884 – 1966) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street (1926), The Antidote (1927), and Acci-Dental Treatment (1928).
Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer, but went on to become a vaudeville performer well known for impersonating the characters from the novels of Charles Dickens on stage. His directing career in silent films began in 1910 with his adaptations of a number of Dickens' novels to film. After his retirement from directing in 1941 he became technical advisor to the British Film Council.
Selected filmography
- Oliver Twist (1912)
- David Copperfield (1913)
- Milestones (1916)
- The Divine Gift (1918)
- The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)
- A Master of Craft (1922)
- A Romance of Mayfair (1925)
- White Heat (1926)
- The Silver Lining (1927)
- Not Quite a Lady (1928)
- Young Woodley (1928)
- The American Prisoner (1929)
- Harmony Heaven (1930)
- Young Woodley (1930)
- Compromising Daphne (1930)
- Hobson's Choice (1931)
- Keepers of Youth (1931)
- After Office Hours (1932)
- Sleepless Nights (1932)
- The Love Nest (1933)
- Hawley's of High Street (1933)
- The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
- Those Were the Days (1934)
- The Great Defender (1934)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
- Royal Cavalcade (1935)
- Music Hath Charms (1935)
- She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
- The Angelus (1937)
- Silver Blaze (1937)
- The Last Chance (1937)
- Night Alone (1938)
- Marigold (1938)
- Me and My Pal (1939)
- Lucky to Me (1939)
- Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
- The Middle Watch (1940)
- Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)