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Roger Burford is a Scriptwriter and Script British born on 31 january 1904

Roger Burford

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 31 january 1904
Death 1 january 1981 (at 76 years) at Hampshire (United-kingdom)

Roger Burford (1904–1981) was a British screenwriter.

Usually with

Rex Taylor
Rex Taylor
(1 films)
Marcel Varnel
Marcel Varnel
(4 films)
Wally Patch
Wally Patch
(4 films)
Charles Paton
Charles Paton
(3 films)
Richard Tauber
Richard Tauber
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Roger Burford (14 films)

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Molly and Me
Molly and Me (1945)
, 1h16
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields, Reginald Gardiner, Roddy McDowall, Natalie Schafer, Edith Barrett
Roles Adaptation
Rating68% 3.436223.436223.436223.436223.43622
In 1937 London, struggling vaudeville actress Molly Barry (Gracie Fields) grows tired of the hopeless search for acting roles and instead applies for a job as housekeeper for upper class gentleman John Graham (Monty Woolley). She informs her friends and fellow actors, Lily (Queenie Leonard) and Julia (Edith Barrett), at the boardinghouse where she lives about her plans, but since she does not have any housekeeping references, she convinces former exotic dancer, Kitty Goode (Natalie Schafer), who has married into the peerage and become Lady Burroughs, to act as a fake reference.
Once a Crook
Once a Crook (1941)
, 1h18
Directed by Herbert Mason
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Gordon Harker, Kathleen Harrison, Carla Lehmann, Bernard Lee, Cyril Cusack, Diana King
Roles Writer

Charlie Hopkins (Gordon Harker) is a retired burglar with an expertise in safecracking. His ex-partner The Duke (Bernard Lee) holds a grudge against Charlie, since he believes he ratted him out and sent him to jail. The Duke is out for revenge against Charlie, and hires Bill Hopkins (Cyril Cusack), Charlie's son, to help him perform a hit, with an intention to frame the kid. The Duke's plan doesn't work out, since Bill turns out to be an even better safecracker than his old man. After many complications along the road, the hit is a success, and The Duke is bereaved of his revenge, ultimately stopped by his good-hearted sweetheart, Estelle (Carla Lehmann).
Bank Holiday
Bank Holiday (1938)
, 1h26
Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Williams, Rene Ray, Merle Tottenham, Linden Travers
Roles Writer
Rating63% 3.1911853.1911853.1911853.1911853.191185
L'histoire est centrée sur trois personnages principaux : Stephen, dont la femme vient de mourir en mettant au monde leur premier bébé, Catherine, une infirmière de la maternité, et son petit-ami Geoffrey. Catherine et Geoffrey sont en partance pour un weekend sur la côte sud, mais elle pense beaucoup à Stephen, même si elle s'efforce de faire croire que ce n'est que pour des raisons professionnelles.
Doctor Syn
Doctor Syn (1937)
, 1h18
Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors George Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, John Loder, Roy Emerton, Graham Moffatt, George Merritt
Roles Scenario Writer
Rating61% 3.050633.050633.050633.050633.05063
Led by Captain Collyer (Roy Emerton), a detachment of Royal Navy tax and revenue officers arrive in the village of Dymchurch on Romney Marsh. The area is notorious for liquor-smuggling and they are on the trail of the culprits. They find a village of apparently honest, pious and simple folk, looked after benevolently by their philanthropic vicar Doctor Syn (Arliss). However Syn is in fact the leader of the smugglers of the parish, using his cover as a man of the cloth to run a profitable ring whose dividends are used to better the lives of the local community. Collyer gradually comes to suspect what is going on, and a series of chases and confrontations takes place across the marshes with Syn and the smugglers always managing narrowly to outwit their pursuers. Collyer finally discovers that Syn is in fact none other than the notorious pirate Captain Clegg, thought to have been executed many years earlier. Still one step ahead, Syn destroys all incriminating evidence and he and his men make their escape.
I Give My Heart
I Give My Heart (1935)
, 1h30
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Films based on operas, Films about royalty
Actors Patrick Waddington, Owen Nares, Arthur Margetson, Hugh Miller, Gibb McLaughlin, Jimmy Godden
Rating60% 3.01173.01173.01173.01173.0117
Jeanne is a milliner courted by aristocrats. She first has an affair with René, a young writer for Count du Barry. She then marries the Count in order to become Louis XV's mistress.
No Monkey Business
No Monkey Business (1935)
, 1h18
Directed by Marcel Varnel, Thomas Bentley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Gene Gerrard, June Clyde, Hal Gordon, Richard Hearne, Charles Paton, Fred Duprez
Rating54% 2.730112.730112.730112.730112.73011
After a music hall performer has his performing partner, an ape, confiscated by his financial creditors he persuades his assistant to dress up and impersonate the animal so that he can continue his act. However a series of embarressments arise when they are invited to stay at a country house by a young woman who wishes to demonstrate to her father her theory that apes are as intelligent as people.
Freedom of the Seas
Freedom of the Seas (1934)

Directed by Marcel Varnel
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Clifford Mollison, Wendy Barrie, Zelma O'Neal, Tyrell Davis, James Carew, Cecil Beresford Ramage
Roles Writer
Rating53% 2.689022.689022.689022.689022.68902
Smith, a mild-mannered clerk, unexpectedly becomes one of the first among his colleagues to sign up on the declaration of World War I. Undashing but courageous, he foils a German sabotage plot.
Cocktails
Cocktails (1928)

Directed by Monty Banks
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Carl Schenstrøm, Harald Martin Bergmann Madsen, Enid Stamp Taylor, Harry Terry, Nigel Barrie
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.337673.337673.337673.337673.33767
The guardian of an heiress tries to destroy the reputation of her lover by planting drugs on him.

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Cocktails
Cocktails (1928)

Directed by Monty Banks
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Carl Schenstrøm, Harald Martin Bergmann Madsen, Enid Stamp Taylor, Harry Terry, Nigel Barrie
Roles Script
Rating66% 3.337673.337673.337673.337673.33767
The guardian of an heiress tries to destroy the reputation of her lover by planting drugs on him.