Arthur Wimperis

Arthur Wimperis

1874-12-03 London, England, UK 40 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Harold Wimperis (3 December 1874 – 14 October 1953) was an English playwright, lyricist and screenwriter, who contributed lyrics and libretti to popular Edwardian musical comedies written for the stage. But with the advent of talking films, he switched to screenwriting, finding even greater success in this medium. Early in his career, Wimperis was an illustrator. For 25 years beginning in 1906, he became a lyricist and librettist for musical comedie...

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Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1960

Original Film Writer

Writing

A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.

Storm Over the Nile

Storm Over the Nile

1955

Additional Dialogue

6.1

In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer's com...

Young Bess

Young Bess

1953

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Je...

Calling Bulldog Drummond

Calling Bulldog Drummond

1951

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.

That Forsyte Woman

That Forsyte Woman

1949

Dialogue

5.9

Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who ran away with the maid after his wife's death. Teen...

The Red Danube

The Red Danube

1949

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.

If Winter Comes

If Winter Comes

1947

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily married to the shrewish Mabel, cultivates a friend...

Random Harvest

Random Harvest

1942

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1942

as Sir Henry (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charm...

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1942

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charm...

Old Bill and Son

Old Bill and Son

1941

Additional Dialogue

6.5

Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enl...

Q Planes

Q Planes

1939

Story

5.9
Writing

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraf...

Prison Without Bars

Prison Without Bars

1938

Writer

6.0
Writing

Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just...

The Divorce of Lady X

The Divorce of Lady X

1938

Scenario Writer

6.1
Writing

The morning after a London barrister lets a mystery woman stay in his suite, a friend files for divorce.

The Green Cockatoo

The Green Cockatoo

1937

Writer

5.9
Writing

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks invol...

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1937

Screenplay

4.2
Writing

Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but noth...

The Girl in the Taxi

The Girl in the Taxi

1937

Lyricist

6.0

In this British musical, set in Paris, an apparently upstanding husband and father spends his nights fooling around with wild women. His son, wanting ...

Knight Without Armour

Knight Without Armour

1937

Dialogue

5.8

British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he pos...

Dark Journey

Dark Journey

1937

Dialogue, Scenario Writer

6.4
Writing

Madeline Goddard, is a British double agent who meets and falls in love with a German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I. This tale of espi...

Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not

1936

Writer

5.7
Writing

A young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she an...

The Beloved Vagabond

The Beloved Vagabond

1936

Dialogue, Scenario Writer

5.4
Writing

Flying from one charming lady---eluding another---and almost losing both!

Do Not Forget About Me

Do Not Forget About Me

1935

Scenario Writer

Writing

This rare 1935 film (the title translated means "do not forget me") features Beniamino Gigli as, of course, an Italian singer who warbles his way thro...

Brewster's Millions

1935

Writer

6.0
Writing

Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns...

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934

Writer

6.9
Writing

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an un...

Princess Charming

Princess Charming

1934

Adaptation

7.0

Revolution breaks out in a small European kingdom, and a young princess is forced to flee for her life. She heads for the neighboring country, which j...

The Rise of Catherine the Great

The Rise of Catherine the Great

1934

Story, Continuity

5.9
Writing

The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. A...

The Private Life of Don Juan

The Private Life of Don Juan

1934

Lyricist

6.1

What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five y...

Cash

Cash

1933

Writer

4.6
Writing

A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed cas...

The Girl from Maxim's

The Girl from Maxim's

1933

Lyricist

A Doctor tries to pass off a singer as his wife in Paris in 1904.

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII

1933

Story, Scenario Writer

6.4
Writing

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of tre...

Counsel's Opinion

1933

Writer

Writing

Divorce barrister Logan arrives back in London from a trip overseas to find the whole city fogbound. Unable to reach his flat, he books into the exclu...

Wedding Rehearsal

Wedding Rehearsal

1932

Dialogue

4.6

The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off .

Men of Tomorrow

Men of Tomorrow

1932

Writer

Writing

In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has married Jane Anderson. A firm proponent of traditional sex r...

That Night in London

That Night in London

1932

Writer

Writing

A young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl turned good tries to convince him to return the money...

The Man They Couldn't Arrest

The Man They Couldn't Arrest

1931

Writer

Writing

An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.

A Warm Corner

A Warm Corner

1930

Theatre Play

4.5

This early Gainsborough film is truly a lost treasure and easily one of the most daring and risque films ever made. At least half a dozen different ta...

Harmony Heaven

Harmony Heaven

1930

Writer

7.8
Writing

The tale of a young songwriter, the actress who helps him find success, and the vamp who sets her sights on him.

Song of Soho

Song of Soho

1930

Writer

Writing

An ex-French Foreign Legion soldier comes to Soho and ends up as a singer in a cafe.

Tesha

Tesha

1928

Other

The luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an Englishman (Thomas). The couple long for a child but...

Wife Savers

Wife Savers

1928

Theatre Play

While stationed in Switzerland, soldiers Louis and Rodney fall in love with local damsel Colette, much to the dismay of Colette's self-appointed boyfr...