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Victor Saville (25 September 1895, Birmingham, England – 8 May 1979, London) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954. He also produced 36 films between 1923 and 1962. He produced his first film, Woman to Woman, with Michael Balcon in 1923, and on the back of its success produced pictures for the veteran director Maurice Elvey, including the classic British silent Hindle Wakes (1927). His first picture as director was The Arcadians (1927). In 1929 he and Balcon worked together again on a talkie remake of Woman to Woman for Balcon's company, Gainsborough Pictures. This time Saville directed it. From 1931, as Gainsborough Pictures and the Gaumont British Picture Corporation joined forces, Saville produced a string of comedies, musicals and dramas for Gainsborough and Gaumont-British, including the popular Jessie Matthews pictures. In 1937, he left to set up his own production company, Victor Saville Productions, and made three pictures for Alexander Korda's London Films at Denham studios. As an independent producer he had purchased the film rights to A. J. Cronin's novel The Citadel. He was persuaded to sell them to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in return for the chance to produce the film and another big-budget adaptation, Goodbye Mr Chips (1939). Both films starred Robert Donat and were a great success in the USA as well as in Britain, providing Saville with a passport to Hollywood. When the war broke out in 1939, Saville was in America and was advised to remain there. He produced pictures in support of the war effort, such as The Mortal Storm and Forever and a Day (1943) (in which he worked for the last time with his former star Jessie Matthews), and in 1945 Tonight and Every Night, based on the history of the Windmill Theatre in London. After the war Saville continued directing films for MGM but eventually returned to Britain. Saville acquired production rights for Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer mysteries and produced a few features, though Spillane thought he was interested in doing so only to acquire the money to produce The Silver Chalice. He produced two final films in the 1960s, The Greengage Summer (1961), adapted from the novel of the same name, and Mix Me a Person (1962).
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1895-09-25
- event Death Date 1979-05-08
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2.9
- info Birth Place Birmingham, England, UK
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The Mortal Storm
1940-06-20
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941-08-12
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A Woman's Face
1941-05-09
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The Long Wait
1954-05-26
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I, the Jury
1953-08-14
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Tonight and Every Night
1945-01-09
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Forever and a Day
1943-01-21
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The Silver Chalice
1954-12-20
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Friday the Thirteenth
1933-11-01
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Dark Journey
1937-07-02
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Dark Journey
1937-07-02
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Conspirator
1949-07-28
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Storm in a Teacup
1937-02-25
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The Green Years
1946-07-04
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It's Love Again
1936-05-06
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The Good Companions
1933-02-28
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South Riding
1938-08-01
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White Cargo
1942-12-12
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Green Dolphin Street
1947-01-15
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The White Shadow
1924-05-05
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Kim
1950-12-07
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If Winter Comes
1947-12-31
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Evergreen
1934-04-01
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Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951-07-02
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First a Girl
1935-11-07
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Woman to Woman
1929-11-01
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24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952-09-10
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The Greengage Summer
1961-05-01
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I Was A Spy
1933-09-04
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The Dictator
1935-02-07
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Kitty
1929-06-15
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Me and Marlborough
1935-07-22
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Desire Me
1947-10-31
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A Warm Corner
1930-09-29
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Evensong
1934-09-03
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The Faithful Heart
1932-05-01
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Armistice
1929-11-01
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Me and the Boys
1929-07-01
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Action for Slander
1937-07-21
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Keeper of the Flame
1943-04-01
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The Iron Duke
1934-11-30
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Hindle Wakes
1931-10-02
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The W Plan
1930-02-25
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The W Plan
1930-02-25
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The W Plan
1930-02-25
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Woman to Woman
1923-01-02
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Kiss Me Deadly
1955-04-28
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The Earl of Chicago
1940-01-05
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939-07-28
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A Warm Corner
1930-09-29
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Hindle Wakes
1931-10-02
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Hindle Wakes
1927-09-12
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Hindle Wakes
1927-09-12
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Tonight and Every Night
1945-01-09
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Sunshine Susie
1931-12-06
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The Silver Chalice
1954-12-20
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The Citadel
1938-10-29
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Love on Wheels
1932-07-26
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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
1954-12-31
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Tesha
1928-08-27
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Michael and Mary
1931-10-29
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Love on Wheels
1932-07-26
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The Faithful Heart
1932-05-01
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The Sport of Kings
1931-02-23
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The Sport of Kings
1931-02-23
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Smilin' Through
1941-10-01
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Bitter Sweet
1940-11-08
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Storm in a Teacup
1937-02-25
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2004-04-18
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The Earl of Chicago
1940-01-05
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A Sister to Assist 'Er
1927-09-01
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The Arcadians
1927-10-01
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The Arcadians
1927-10-01
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A Woman in Pawn
1927-10-01
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The Arcadians
1927-10-01
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The Glad Eye
1927-06-01
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Above Suspicion
1943-05-31
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Tesha
1928-08-27
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Tesha
1928-08-27
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Kitty
1929-06-15
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Woman to Woman
1929-11-01
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A Warm Corner
1930-09-29