Ben Holmes (November 6, 1890 – December 2, 1943) was an American
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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He directed 56 films and wrote for 35.
Selected filmography
* ''
So This Is Harris!'' (1933)
* ''
Too Many Wives'' (1937); directed
* ''
There Goes My Girl'' (1937); directed
* ''
The Saint in New York
''The Saint in New York'' is a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in 1935. It was published in the United States by Doubleday in January 1935. A shorter version of the novel had ...
'' (1938); directed
* ''
Maid's Night Out
''Maid's Night Out'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy film made by RKO Radio Pictures and starring Joan Fontaine and Allan Lane. It was directed by Ben Holmes from a screenplay by Bert Granet, adapted by from the radio play ''Certified'' (also ...
'' (1938); directed
* ''
The Saint's Double Trouble'' (1940)
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1890 births
1943 deaths
American male screenwriters
Writers from Richmond, Virginia
Film directors from Virginia
Screenwriters from Virginia
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
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