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James Elder Wills is a Director and Scriptwriter British born on 1900

James Elder Wills

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1900
Death 1970 (at 70 years)

James Elder Wills est un réalisateur et directeur artistique britannique né le 26 avril 1900 à Londres et mort en 1970.

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Filmography of James Elder Wills (6 films)

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Director

Big Fella
Big Fella (1938)
, 1h25
Directed by James Elder Wills
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Roy Emerton, James Hayter, Joyce Kennedy, Dino Galvani
Rating58% 2.913982.913982.913982.913982.91398
Big Fella is set on the docks and streets of Marseilles. Paul Robeson stars in the leading role, as a street-wise but honest dockworker who struggles with deep issues of integrity and human values. Elisabeth Welch plays opposite him as a café singer in love with him. Robeson’s wife, Eslanda Robeson, appears as the café owner.
Song of Freedom
Song of Freedom (1936)
, 1h20
Directed by James Elder Wills
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esmé Percy, Robert Adams, Ronald Simpson, George Mozart
Rating63% 3.1921953.1921953.1921953.1921953.192195
The first part of the film's story takes place in the year 1700 on an island called Casanga off the west coast of Africa. The island has not yet attracted the attention of the slave traders on the mainland, but its people are suffering fierce oppression under their hereditary queen Zinga - a tyrant, despot, and mistress of cruelty.

Scriptwriter

Against the Wind
Against the Wind (1948)
, 1h30
Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Robert Beatty, Simone Signoret, Jack Warner, Gordon Jackson, Paul Dupuis, Gisèle Préville
Rating62% 3.1457053.1457053.1457053.1457053.145705
A disparate group of individuals is recruited by the wartime British Special Operations Executive to train for covert operations behind enemy lines in Belgium. These include a priest (Beatty) and a Belgian émigrée (Signoret), the latter having suffered personal tragedy during the occupation of Belgium. Her motives are initially questioned before she is finally given the green light. On completion of their training the operatives are parachuted into Belgium, briefed to destroy a Nazi records office in Brussels and to spring a prominent S.O.E. agent from custody. As the group arrive in Belgium, the S.O.E. discover that one of their number is a double-agent; however it is too late to raise the alert.