Victor Saville

Biography

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-…

Directed

1. The Silver Chalice (1954) — Director
2. Dark Journey (1937) — Director
3. Storm in a Teacup (1937) — Director
4. Kim (1950) — Director
5. My Gun Is Quick (1957) — Director
6. Conspirator (1949) — Director
7. The Long Wait (1954) — Director
8. Tonight and Every Night (1945) — Director
9. Green Dolphin Street (1947) — Director
10. The Green Years (1946) — Director
11. First a Girl (1935) — Director
12. Woman to Woman (1929) — Director
13. Forever and a Day (1943) — Director
14. Evergreen (1934) — Director
15. Friday the Thirteenth (1933) — Director
16. Desire Me (1947) — Director
17. South Riding (1938) — Director
18. The Earl of Chicago (1940) — Director
19. If Winter Comes (1947) — Director
20. Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951) — Director
21. It's Love Again (1936) — Director
22. The Good Companions (1933) — Director
23. 24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952) — Director
24. I Was a Spy (1933) — Director
25. Me and Marlborough (1935) — Director
26. A Warm Corner (1930) — Director
27. Sunshine Susie (1931) — Director
28. The Faithful Heart (1932) — Director
29. The Dictator (1935) — Director
30. Evensong (1934) — Director
31. The W Plan (1930) — Director
32. Love on Wheels (1932) — Director
33. The Sport of Kings (1931) — Director
34. Kitty (1929) — Director
35. Armistice (1929) — Director
36. The Iron Duke (1934) — Director
37. Hindle Wakes (1931) — Director
38. Michael and Mary (1931) — Director
39. The Arcadians (1927) — Director
40. Tesha (1928) — Director