Reuben Gillmer (1868 – 4 January 1920) was a British
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.
...
of the
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, 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) ...
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.Low p.297
Cast
* Basil Gill as Richard Warden
* J. Hastings Batson
Abraham John Hastings Batson (8 November 1841 – 18 April 1921), usually credited as J ...
'' (1916)
* ''
Nursie! Nursie!
''Nursie! Nursie!'' is a 1916 British silent comedy film directed by Alexander Butler and starring James W. Tate, Clarice Mayne and Bernard Vaughan. It was made at Isleworth Studios.Harris p.201
Cast
* James W. Tate as Patient
* Clarice May ...
'' (1916)
* ''
The Lost Chord
"The Lost Chord" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother 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 poem by Adela ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Home Sweet Home'' (1917)
* ''
Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1917)
* ''
Ave Maria
The Hail Mary ( la, Ave Maria) is a traditional Christian prayer addressing Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical passages featured in the Gospel of Luke: the Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary (the Ann ...
'' (1918)
* ''
A Romany Lass'' (1918)
* ''
Nature's Gentleman'' (1918)
* ''
The Great Impostor'' (1918)
* ''
The Man Who Forgot'' (1919)
References
Bibliography
* Jill Nelmes. ''Analysing the Screenplay''. Routledge, 2010.
External links
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1868 births
1920 deaths
20th-century British screenwriters
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