Aveling Ginever

Aveling Ginever was a film writer and director. He established his own film company, Gee Films in 1931.[1] His work includes the Pathé film Twenty-Five Years a King (1935)[2] and Walking on Air (1946).[3] He was one of two screenwriters credited for Barnacle Bill (1935), adapting a story by Archie Pitt. He was one of the writers for Play Up the Band.[4] He was involved in various aspects of Knights for a Day.[5]

Ginever directed the first film made by the Religious Film Society working with J. Arthur Rank,[6][7] Mastership of Christ. He also directed the religious themed film Cross Beams.[8]

Ginever was involved in the production of World War II era military films for Gee Films.[9][10][11]

Ginever is credited as one of the authors of The Royal Air Force at war : the unseen films, 1940-1944.[12]

Filmography

  • In Our Time (1932), writer and director
  • A Dickensian Fantasy (1933), short[13] with Lawrence Manray as Scrooge.[14]
  • Twenty-Five Years a King (1935)
  • The Mastership of Christ[6]
  • Cross Beams[6][8]
  • Walking on Air (1946), one of the writers and the director

References

  1. ^ "British Film and Television Yearbook". 1956.
  2. ^ "The UK Film Index: MFB: March 1935". 7 January 2015.
  3. ^ "WALKING ON AIR". Library of Congress.
  4. ^ Play Up the Band (1935 film) - Silver Sirens https://www.silversirens.co.uk/films/play-up-the-band-1935/
  5. ^ Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317837015 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b c J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry. Routledge. 11 January 2013. ISBN 9781135087203 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Wakelin, Michael (8 October 1997). J. Arthur Rank: The man behind the gong. Lion Pub. ISBN 9780745931357.
  8. ^ a b MacNab (11 January 2013). J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 9781135087203.
  9. ^ "MEETING THE U-BOAT MENACE [Main Title]". Imperial War Museums.
  10. ^ "The Royal Air Force at war the unseen films, 1940-1944 /". searchworks.stanford.edu. 8 February 2008.
  11. ^ "ENEMY INTERROGATION OF PRISONERS [Main Title]". IWM Film.
  12. ^ The Royal Air Force at war: the unseen films, 1940-1944. 8 February 2008. OCLC 281209251.
  13. ^ Jones, Alan-Bertaneisson (8 August 2010). Fright Xmas. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781452061993 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ Select Bibliography springer.com
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