T. E. B. Clarke

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name = T.E.B. Clarke


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birthname = Thomas Ernest Bennett Clarke
birthdate = birth date|1907|6|7|df=y
birthplace = Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
deathdate = death date and age|1989|2|11|1907|6|7|df=y
deathplace = Surrey, England, UK
othername = Tibby
spouses = Joyce Caroline Steele (1932 - 1983)
occupation = Writer, Screenwriter
yearsactive = 1944-1980
academyawards = Best Story and Screenplay
1951 "The Lavender Hill Mob"

Thomas Ernest Bennett "Tibby" Clarke (7 June 1907 - 11 February 1989) was a movie scriptwriter who wrote several of the Ealing Studios comedies. His scripts always feature careful logical development from a slightly absurd premise to a farcical conclusion. In 1952 he was awarded a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his script for "The Lavender Hill Mob", making him one of just a handful of Britons to receive this award. He continued to work as a scriptwriter after Ealing ceased production in the mid-fifties, his later contributions including "Sons and Lovers" and the Disney film "The Horse without a Head".

Clarke was also a novelist and writer of non-fiction, and was not above presenting his fictions as fact - notably the 1981 book "Murder at Buckingham Palace", which purports to tell the story of a hushed-up murder in the Royal residence in 1935. Despite its including 'documentary' photographs, there is no external evidence that the book is anything but pure fiction.

Bibliography

creenplays by T.E.B. Clarke

*"Johnny Frenchman"
*"Hue and Cry"
*"Passport to Pimlico"
*"The Magnet"
*"The Lavender Hill Mob"
*"The Titfield Thunderbolt"
*"The Rainbow Jacket"
*"Barnacle Bill" ("All at Sea" in the US)

Non-fiction by T.E.B. Clarke

*"Go South - Go West"
*"What's Yours?"
*"Intimate Relations"
*"This is Where I Came In"

Novels by T.E.B. Clarke

*"Jeremy's England"
*"Cartwright Was a Cad"
*"Two and Two Make Five"
*"Mr Spirket Reforms"
*"The World Was Mine"
*"The Wide Open Door"
*"The Trail of the Serpent"
*"The Wrong Turning"
*"The Man Who Seduced a Bank"
*"Murder at Buckingham Palace"

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