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Sir Anthony James Allan Havelock-Allan, 4th Baronet (28 February 1904 – 11 January 2003) was a British film producer and screenwriter whose credits included '' This Happy Breed'', '' Blithe Spirit'', '' Great Expectations'', '' Oliver Twist'', the 1968 version of ''
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'' and '' Ryan's Daughter''.


Early life and education

Havelock-Allan was born at the family home of Blackwell Grange near Darlington,
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. He was the third (but second surviving) son of Allan Havelock-Allan and his first wife, Anne Julia Chaytor, daughter of Sir William Chaytor, 3rd Baronet. His grandfather was the soldier and politician Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, 1st Baronet, who was awarded the
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during the
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. His father's elder brother was Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Charterhouse and schools in
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.


Career

Before becoming a film producer, Havelock-Allan worked as a
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, jeweller, record company executive and
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manager. In 1935, Havelock-Allan joined the short-lived British and Dominions Imperial Studios, producing films with them like '' Lancashire Luck'' (1937) until and even shortly after the studios burnt down in 1936. Havelock-Allan served as associated producer on the 1942 war film '' In Which We Serve'', which starred
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, who co-directed the picture with
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. The film was shot by cinematographer Ronald Neame, who along with Havelock-Allan and Lean, founded their own company, Cineguild. Cineguild's first production was a
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of Coward's 1939 play This Happy Breed, which was produced by Coward, directed by Lean, and shot by Neame. All three partners — Havelock-Allan, Lean and Neame — collaborated on the script. The exact same combination of talents created the 1945 film adaptation of Coward's comedy '' Blithe Spirit''. The quartet then produced the classic '' Brief Encounter'', with Havelock-Allan and Neame sharing producing duties with Coward, with Coward helping write the script, an adaption of his 1936 one-act play ''
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''. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1946
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while lead
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was nominated for an
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in the 1947 awards. In 1999, ''Brief Encounter'' came in second in a
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poll of the top 100 British films. Havelock-Allan, Lean and Neame moved away from Coward and next filmed two classic by
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, creating two classics of British cinema in the process. Both '' Great Expectations'' (1946) and '' Oliver Twist'' (1948) brought the three Oscar nominations for the
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. He left Cineguild and founded Constellation Films in 1947. He later co-founded British Home Entertainment with Lord Brabourne in 1960. He later was reunited with David Lean when he produced the great director's penultimate film, '' Ryan's Daughter'' (1970).


Personal life

After working with her on '' This Man in Paris'', Havelock-Allan married actress Valerie Hobson on 12 April 1939. They had two sons before divorcing in 1952. *Simon Anthony Clerveaux Havelock-Allan (1944–2001) *Sir Mark Havelock-Allan, 5th Baronet (born 4 April 1951). On 26 June 1979, Havelock-Allan married as his second wife María Teresa Consuelo Sara Ruiz de Villafranca, daughter of Don Carlos Ruiz de Villafranca, the former Spanish Ambassador to
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and
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. In 1975, he had succeeded to his childless brother's
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cy and on his own death in 2003, aged 98, his title passed to his surviving son, Mark.


Honours


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Hugo Awards


Filmography

All as producer, unless otherwise stated: *1970 '' Ryan's Daughter'' *1968 ''
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'' *1968 '' Up the Junction'' *1967 '' The Mikado'' *1965 '' Othello'' *1962 '' The Quare Fellow'' *1958 '' Orders to Kill'' *1954 '' The Young Lovers'' *1953 '' Never Take No for an Answer'' *1952 '' Meet Me Tonight'' *1951 '' The Small Miracle'' *1950 '' Shadow of the Eagle'' *1949 '' The Interrupted Journey'' *1949 '' The Small Voice'' *1948 '' Blanche Fury'' *1947 '' Take My Life'' *1946 '' Great Expectations'' – (Executive producer) *1945 '' Brief Encounter'' – (uncredited) *1942 '' In Which We Serve'' – (Associate producer) *1942 '' Unpublished Story'' *1941 '' From the Four Corners'' (director) *1940 '' This Man in Paris'' *1939 '' The Lambeth Walk'' *1939 '' The Silent Battle'' *1938 '' This Man Is News'' *1938 '' A Spot of Bother'' *1938 '' Incident in Shanghai'' *1938 '' Lightning Conductor'' *1937 '' Missing, Believed Married'' *1937 '' Mr. Smith Carries On'' *1937 '' Night Ride'' *1937 '' The Fatal Hour'' *1937 '' Museum Mystery'' *1937 '' The Cavalier of the Streets'' *1937 '' Cross My Heart'' *1937 '' Holiday's End'' *1937 '' Lancashire Luck'' *1937 '' The Last Curtain'' *1936 '' The Scarab Murder Case'' *1936 '' Show Flat'' *1936 '' Grand Finale'' *1936 '' Murder by Rope'' *1936 '' Pay Box Adventure'' *1936 '' Two on a Doorstep'' *1936 '' Wednesday's Luck'' *1936 '' Love at Sea'' *1936 '' The Secret Voice'' *1936 '' House Broken'' *1936 '' The Belles of St. Clements'' *1936 ''
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'' *1935 '' Expert's Opinion'' *1935 ''
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'' *1935 ''Lucky Days'' *1935 '' Cross Currents'' *1935 '' The Mad Hatters'' *1935 '' Jubilee Window'' *1935 '' Once a Thief'' *1935 '' School for Stars'' *1935 '' The Village Squire'' *1935 '' Key to Harmony'' *1935 '' The Price of Wisdom'' *1935 ''
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Havelock-Allan, Anthony 1904 births 2003 deaths English film producers English stockbrokers 4 Anthony People from the Borough of Darlington People educated at Gibbs School People educated at Charterhouse School 20th-century English businesspeople