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Adrian Brunel (4 September 1892 – 18 February 1958) was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s.
Nov 16, 2023 · Brunel was convinced that his lack of directing opportunities at Gainsborough was due to a conspiracy by two of its dominant powers: C. M. Woolf and star director Graham Cutts. Ivor Montagu's assessment corroborates this view, recording that ‘intrigues kept him ever from the floor’ (1970: 275).
Nov 16, 2023 · Adrian Brunel was born at 58 Claverton Street, Pimlico, London on 4 September 1889. His mother, Frances Lucy Adelaide Brunel Norman (known as Adey Brunel), earned a living giving elocution lessons and delivering poetry recitals, in her ‘rich, soft and musical’ voice (press notices, ABSC 161), as well as writing poems and short stories under ...
Jun 27, 2024 · This book sets out to examine and assess Adrian Brunel's film career during the 1920s through a consideration of his films and the industrial context in which they were produced, supported by detailed research into his personal papers and other contemporary sources.
In the 1920s Adrian Brunel was one of the liveliest new directing talents working in Britain. Short comedies burlesquing cinema trends tickled insiders and sophisticates; while mainstream Gainsborough features like Blighty (1927) and The Constant Nymph (1928) achieved considerable box-office success.
Adrian Brunel was born at 58 Claverton Street, Pimlico, London on 4 September 1889. 1 His mother, Frances Lucy Adelaide Brunel Norman (known as Adey Brunel), earned a living giving elocution lessons and delivering poetry recitals, in her ‘rich, soft and musical’ voice (press notices, ABSC 161), as well as writing poems and short stories under th...
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Adrian Brunel (4 September 1892 – 18 February 1958) was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s.
