Michael Kyrle le Fleming Hankinson (17 November 1906 – 30 December 1986) was a British

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

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and

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. He wrote and directed the 1936 crime film ''

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'' for

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.Low p.399 During the

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, he directed several

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films.

Selected filmography

Editor

* '' Good Night, Vienna'' (1932) * ''

Crime on the Hill ''Crime on the Hill'' is a 1933 British mystery film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Sally Blane, Nigel Playfair and Lewis Casson. The plot was based on a successful play by Jack de Leon and Jack Celestin. It was made by British Intern ...

'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1935) * '' Take a Chance'' (1937)

Director

* ''

'' (1936) * '' House Broken'' (1936) * ''

The Scarab Murder Case ''The Scarab Murder Case'' (1930) is a classic whodunit written by S. S. Van Dine. In this book, detective Philo Vance's murder investigation takes place in a private home that doubles as a museum of Egyptology, and the solution depends in par ...

'' (1936)

Screenwriter

* '' The Broken Melody'' (1934) * ''

Ten Minute Alibi ''Ten Minute Alibi'' is a 1935 British crime film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Phillips Holmes, Aileen Marson and Theo Shall. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Wood p.84 The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Ma ...

'' (1935) * ''

Girls, Please! ''Girls, Please!'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Jane Baxter, Meriel Forbes and Peter Gawthorne. It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios.Wood p.82 In the film, a physical edu ...

'' (1934) * ''

Dusty Ermine ''Dusty Ermine'' (U.S. title: ''Hideout in the Alps'') is a 1936 British crime film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Anthony Bushell, Jane Baxter and Ronald Squire. It was written by Neil F. Grant, Arthur Macrae, , Lawrence du Garde Pe ...

'' (1936)

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

External links

* 1906 births 1986 deaths People from Ewell People educated at Tonbridge School British film editors British film directors British male screenwriters {{UK-film-bio-stub