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Maurice Revnes was born on 28 September 1890 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Paris Bound (1929), Suzy (1936) and The Awful Truth (1929). He was married to Sybil Carmen and Sibyl Carmen. He died on 10 October 1985 in Florida, USA.
- Producer, Writer
- September 28, 1890
- Maurice Revnes
- October 10, 1985
Maurice Roëves. Actor: The Last of the Mohicans. Although born in Sunderland, he spent most of his life in Scotland and considers himself a true Scot. As a child he suffered from asthma and considers his recovery from it was due to playing the bugle in the Boys' Brigade.
- January 1, 1
- Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- UK
John Maurice Roëves (/ ˈ r oʊ. iː v z /; 19 March 1937 – 14 July 2020) was a British actor. He appeared in over 120 film and television roles, in both the United Kingdom and the United States. His breakthrough performance was as Stephen Dedalus in the 1967 film adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses.
Maurice Revnes was born on September 28, 1890 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Paris Bound (1929), Suzy (1936) and The Awful Truth (1929). He was married to Sybil Carmen and Sibyl Carmen. He died on October 10, 1985 in Florida, USA.
- September 28, 1890
- October 10, 1985
Sybil Carmen married writer and film executive Maurice Sydney Revnes on September 8, 1919; in 1926 they moved to France where he represented Pathé Studios. They had two children, a son Richard (1923–1990) and a daughter Carmen (born 1921).
Mar 31, 2014 · After that film’s success, Paramount let him do his thing from the director’s chair with Christmas in July (1940) and then the The Lady Eve (1941). Sturges wrote a screenplay based on Caspary’s story “Easy Living,” and showed it to Paramount producer Maurice Revnes.
His first assignment was to adapt Vera Caspary's story Easy Living for studio producer Maurice Revnes. Sturges set aside Caspary's "little story of deceit and illusion" and kept just the title. "When I presented the screenplay to Mr. Revnes, however, he told me that 1936 was not the time for comedies and wanted to abandon the whole project.
