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W. P. Lipscomb. William Percy Lipscomb (born 1887 in Merton, Surrey, England, died 25 July 1958) was a British-born Hollywood playwright, screenwriter, producer and director. He died in London in 1958, aged 71.
Oscar-winner W.P. Lipscomb (born William Percy Lipscomb in 1887 in Merton, England) was a British playwright and screenwriter who also produced and directed motion pictures.
- Writer, Producer, Director
- October 1, 1887
- W.P. Lipscomb
- July 25, 1958
W.P. Lipscomb. Writer: Pygmalion. Oscar-winner W.P. Lipscomb (born William Percy Lipscomb in 1887 in Merton, England) was a British playwright and screenwriter who also produced and directed motion pictures.
W.P. Lipscomb is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Adaptation, Scenario Writer, Story, Producer, Dialogue, Script, Additional Writing, Director, Writers' Assistant, and Theatre Play. Some of his work includes Pygmalion, A Tale of Two Cities, Dunkirk, Les Misérables, A Town Like Alice, The Garden of Allah, Lloyd's of London, and The Speckled Band.
Lipscomb found himself in demand to adapt historical novels: Cardinal Richelieu (1935), Les Misérables (1935), A Tale of Two Cities (1935), A Message to Garcia (1936), Under Two Flags (1936), and The Garden of Allah (1936).
1939 Winner Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay. Pygmalion. George Bernard Shaw was not present at the ceremony. When presenter Lloyd C. Douglas announced that Pygmalion has won the Oscar he joked "Mr. Shaw's story now is as original as it was three thousand years ago".
Overview. W. P. Lipscomb was an English writer and producer.
