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Ronald Neame Biography (1911-)

Born April 23, 1911, in Hendon, England; son of Elwin (a photographer) and Ivy Lillian (an actress; maiden name, Close) Neame; married Beryl Yolanda Heanly, October 15, 1933; children: Christopher Elwyn. Addresses: AGENT--c/o Hutton Management, Ltd., 200 Fulham Road, London SW10 9PN, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

April 23, 1911

Hendon, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; ALL AS CINEMATOGRAPHER,UNLESS INDICATED Assistant cinematographer, Blackmail, British International Pictures (BIP), 1929.
• (with Claude Friese-Greene) Girls Will Be Boys, Alliance, 1934.
• (with Friese-Greene and Bryan Langley) Happy, BIP, 1934.
• Drake of England (also known as Elizabeth of England and Drake the Pirate), Wardour, 1935.
• (with Langley) Honours Easy, BIP, 1935.
• (with Friese-Greene) Invitation to the Waltz, BIP, 1935.
• Joy Ride, Associated British Films (ABF), 1935.
• (with Friese-Greene and Jack Cox) Music Hath Charms, BIP, 1935.
• The Crimes of Stephen Hawke, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1936.
• The Improper Duchess, General Films Distributors, 1936.
• A Star Fell from Heaven, BIP, 1936.
• Against the Tide, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1937.
• (with Henry Harris) Brief Ecstasy, Phoenix, 1937.
• Feather Your Nest, ABF, 1937.
• (with Gordon Dines) Keep Fit, ABF, 1937.
• (with Ernest Steward) Weekend Millionaire, ABF/Gaumont, 1937.
• (with Dines) The Gaunt Stranger, BIP, 1937, released in the United Statesas The Phantom Strikes, Monogram, 1939.
• The Crime of Peter Frame (also known as Second Thoughts), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938.
• Dangerous Secrets, Grand National, 1938.
• (with Dines) I See Ice, ABF, 1938.
• Penny Paradise, ABF, 1938.
• Who Goes Next?, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938.
• Cheer Boys Cheer, ABF, 1939.
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (also known as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), MGM, 1939.
• (with Dines) Let's Be Famous, ABF, 1939.
• Trouble Brewing, ABF, 1939.
• The Ware Case, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1939.
• (With Dines) It's in the Air (also known as George Takes the Air), BSB, 1940.
• Let George Do It, Film Alliance, 1940.
• Return to Yesterday, ABF, 1940.
• Saloon Bar, ABF, 1940.
• The Four Just Men (also known as The Secret Four), Monogram, 1940.
• Major Barbara, Rank/United Artists, 1940.
• (with Leon Shamroy) A Yank in the RAF, BIP, 1941.
• One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, BIP, 1942.
• In Which We Serve, British Lion, 1942.
• This Happy Breed, Universal, 1943.
• A Young Man's Fancy, ABF, 1943.
• Blithe Spirit, Cineguild, 1945.
• producer, Great Expectations, Cineguild, 1946.
• producer, Oliver Twist, Cineguild, 1947.
• director, Take My Life, Eagle-Lion/Rank, 1947.
• producer, The Passionate Friends, Cineguild, 1948, released in the UnitedStates as One Woman's Story, Universal, 1949.;ALL AS DIRECTOR,UNLESS INDICATED The Golden Salamander, General Films Distributors, 1950.
• The Card, filmed in 1950, released in the United States as The Promoter,Universal, 1952.
• producer, The Magic Box, British Lion, 1952.
• The Million Pound Note (also known as Man with a Million), United Artists, 1954.
• The Man Who Never Was, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956.
• Seventh Sin, MGM, 1957.
• Windom's Way, Rank, 1958.
• The Horse's Mouth, United Artists, 1959.
• Tunes of Glory, Lopert, 1960.
• I Could Go On Singing, United Artists, 1962.
• (also producer) Escape from Zahrain, Paramount, 1962.
• The Chalk Garden, Universal, 1964.
• Mr. Moses, United Artists, 1965.
• A Man Could Get Killed (also known as Welcome, Mr. Beddoes), Universal, 1966.
• Gambit, Universal, 1966.
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
• (with Fielder Cook) Prudence and the Pill, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
• Scrooge, National General, 1970.
• The Poseidon Adventure, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972.
• The Odessa File, Columbia, 1974.
• Meteor, American International, 1978.
• Hopscotch, AVCO-Embassy, 1979.
• First Monday in October, Paramount, 1980.
• Also directed Foreign Body, 1985.
• Writings;FILM
• (With Victor Canning and Lesley Storm) The Golden Salamander, General Films Distributors, 1950.
• (with David Lean and Anthony Havelock-Allan) This Happy Breed, Universal,1943.
• (with Lean, Havelock-Allen, Cecil McGivern, and Kay Walsh) Great Expectations, Cineguild, 1946.