Thomas Bentley











Thomas Bentley
Born1884

London, England

Died1966

Bournemouth, Dorset, England

OccupationFilm director
Years active
1912–1951

Thomas Bentley (1884–1966) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street (1926), The Antidote (1927), and Acci-Dental Treatment (1928).


Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer but went on to become a vaudeville performer well known for impersonating the characters from the novels of Charles Dickens on stage. His directing career in silent films began in 1910 with his adaptations of a number of Dickens' novels to film. After his retirement from directing in 1941 he became technical advisor to the British Film Council.



Selected filmography




  • Oliver Twist (1912)


  • David Copperfield (1913)


  • Milestones (1916)


  • The Divine Gift (1918)


  • The Old Curiosity Shop (1921)


  • The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)


  • A Master of Craft (1922)


  • A Romance of Mayfair (1925)


  • White Heat (1926)


  • The Silver Lining (1927)


  • Not Quite a Lady (1928)


  • Young Woodley (1928)


  • The American Prisoner (1929)


  • Harmony Heaven (1930)


  • Young Woodley (1930)


  • Compromising Daphne (1930)


  • Hobson's Choice (1931)


  • Keepers of Youth (1931)


  • After Office Hours (1932)


  • Sleepless Nights (1932)


  • The Love Nest (1933)


  • Hawley's of High Street (1933)


  • The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)


  • Those Were the Days (1934)


  • The Great Defender (1934)


  • The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)


  • Royal Cavalcade (1935)


  • Music Hath Charms (1935)


  • She Knew What She Wanted (1936)


  • The Angelus (1937)


  • Silver Blaze (1937)


  • The Last Chance (1937)


  • Night Alone (1938)


  • Marigold (1938)


  • Me and My Pal (1939)


  • Lucky to Me (1939)


  • Dead Man's Shoes (1940)


  • The Middle Watch (1940)


  • Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)



References





External links



  • Thomas Bentley on IMDb







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