- Frank Launder
Frank Launder (
January 28 1906 —February 23 1997 ) was an Englishwriter , director and producer, who made more than forty films, many of them in collaboration withSidney Gilliat . He was born inHitchin ,Hertfordshire ,England and began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the story for the classicWill Hay comedy "Oh, Mr Porter! " (1937). After writing a number of screenplays with Gilliat, including "The Lady Vanishes" (1938) and "Night Train to Munich ", the two produced and directed the wartime drama "Millions Like Us " (1943). After founding their own production company Individual Pictures, they produced a number of memorable dramas and thrillers including "I See a Dark Stranger " (1945) and "Green for Danger" (1946), but were best known for their comedies including "The Happiest Days of Your Life " (1950) and most famously, theSt Trinians series, based on Ronald Searle's cartoons set in an anarchic girls school. He was married to actressBernadette O'Farrell from 1950 until his death.elected films
* "
How He Lied to Her Husband " (1931) co-writer
* "Those Were The Days (1933) writer
* "Oh, Mr Porter! " (1937) story
* "The Lady Vanishes" (1938) writer
* "Night Train to Munich " (1940) writer
* "The Young Mr Pitt " (1942) writer
* "Millions Like Us " (1943) writer/director/producer
* "I See a Dark Stranger " (1945) writer/director
* "Green for Danger" (1946) producer
* "The Blue Lagoon" (1949) writer/director/producer
* "The Happiest Days of Your Life " (1950) writer/director/producer
* "Folly to be Wise " (1952) writer/director/producer
* "The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan " (1953) producer
* "The Belles of St Trinian's " (1954) writer/director/producer
* "The Green Man " (1956) writer/producer
* "Blue Murder at St Trinian's " (1957) writer/director/producer
* "Left, Right and Centre " (1959) writer/director/producer
* "The Bridal Path (1959)
* "The Pure Hell of St Trinian's " (1960) writer/director/producer
* "The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery " (1966) writer/directorExternal links
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