Vernon Sylvaine
British playwright and screenwriter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vernon Sylvaine (1896–1957) was a British playwright and screenwriter. He is known for writing several popular stage farces. He began working in film in 1937 when his stage hit Aren't Men Beasts! was turned into a film of the same title starring Robertson Hare and Alfred Drayton. Hare and Drayton starred in two further adaptations of his plays A Spot of Bother (1938) and Women Aren't Angels (1943). He adapted his own play for the 1943 comedy-thriller Warn That Man [1] starring Gordon Harker, Basil Radford and Judy Kelly. His 1948 play One Wild Oat was turned into a 1951 film of the same title.
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Vernon Sylvaine | |
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Born | (1896-08-09)9 August 1896 |
Died | 22 November 1957(1957-11-22) (aged 61) Sussex, United Kingdom |
Other names | William Vernon Scotchburn |
Occupation | Writer |
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He was the father of the actress June Sylvaine.