Reuben Gillmer (1868 – 4 January 1920) 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 ...

of the

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

era.Nelmes p.49

Selected filmography

* ''

On the Banks of Allan Water ''On the Banks of Allan Water'' is a 1916 British silent film directed by Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy (born Wilfred Noy Blumberg, 24 December 1883 – 29 March 1948) was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and film producer, produce ...

'' (1916) * '' Nursie! Nursie!'' (1916) * ''

The Lost Chord "The Lost Chord" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother Fred Sullivan, Fred during Fred's last illness. The manuscript is dated 13 January 1877; Fred Sullivan died five days later. The lyric was written as a ...

'' (1917) * '' Home Sweet Home'' (1917) * ''

Love's Old Sweet Song "Love's Old Sweet Song" is a Victorian parlour song published in 1884 by composer James Lynam Molloy and lyricist Graham Clifton Bingham. The first line of the chorus is "Just a song at twilight", and its title is sometimes misidentified as such ...

'' (1917) * ''

Ave Maria The Hail Mary or Ave Maria (from its first words in Latin), also known as the Angelic or Angelical Salutation, is a traditional Catholic prayer addressing Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical pa ...

'' (1918) * '' A Romany Lass'' (1918) * ''

Nature's Gentleman ''Nature's Gentleman'' is a 1918 British silent romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affection ...

'' (1918) * '' The Great Impostor'' (1918) * '' The Man Who Forgot'' (1919)

References

Bibliography

* Jill Nelmes. ''Analysing the Screenplay''. Routledge, 2010.

External links

* 1868 births 1920 deaths 20th-century British screenwriters {{UK-film-bio-stub