the most sparkling writing, directing and producing partnerships in postwar British cinema.' Appraisal According to one obituary "if wanted to give new generations, or foreigners, some idea of the way the British were in the thirties and forties, one could do no better than show them the films with which Sidney Gilliat was connected... [He] had unfailing good humour, and an unerring feeling for time, place and character. These were most noticeable in the comedy-thrillers, in which the realistic treatment disguised far-fetched plots. " Another one said "Of all the tireless toilers in the ungrateful vineyards of British cinema comedy (Roy and John Boulting, Ralph and Gerald Thomas, Muriel and Sydney Box), Launder and Gilliat were least in thrall to the insatiable jokiness of the breadwinning professional humorist, and their long collaboration has left us with a memory of unfailing good-humour and an occasional brainy prankishness. " Selected films Would You Believe It! (1929) (actor) Red Pearls (1930) (writer) You'd Be Surprised! (1930) (writer) The Ringer (1931) (writer) The Happy Ending (1931) (writer) Third Time Lucky (1931) (writer) A Gentleman of Paris (1931) (writer) Rome Express (1932) (writer) Facing the Music (1933) (writer) My Heart is Calling (1935) writer The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) (writer) Twelve Good Men (1936) Seven Sinners (1936) (writer) Take My Tip (1937) (writer) A Yank at Oxford (1938) (writer) The Lady Vanishes (1938) (writer) Strange Boarders (1938) (writer) The Gaunt Stranger (1938) (writer) Ask a Policeman (1938) (story) Jamaica Inn (1939) (writer) Night Train to Munich (1940) (writer) They Came by Night (1940) (writer) Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941) (writer) The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) (writer) Millions Like Us (1943) (director) Waterloo Road (1944) (director/co-writer) Two Thousand Women (1944) (co-writer) The Rake's Progress (1945) (director/producer) I See a Dark Stranger (1946) (producer) Green for Danger (1946) (director/producer) London Belongs to Me (1948) (director/co-writer) State Secret (1950) (director) The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) (director/producer/writer) The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) (producer) The Constant Husband (1955) (director/producer/co-writer) Geordie (1955) (producer) Fortune Is a Woman (1956) (director) The Green Man (1956) (producer) Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) (producer) Left, Right and Centre (1959) (director) The Bridal Path (1959) (producer) The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) (producer) Only Two Can Play (1962) (director/producer) The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) (co-director/producer) Endless Night (1972) (director/producer) See also Charters and Caldicott References External