Maurice Cowan
Appearance
Maurice Cowan (1891-1974) was a British writer and producer. He produced the first films of Norman Wisdom.[1] He disliked working with Wisdom so much on One Good Turn he vowed never to work with the comedian again.[2]
He was editor of The Picture Goer when he came up with an idea for what became the film I Live in Grosvenor Square. He sent it to Herbert Wilcox would bought it.[3]
Select credits
- A Yank in London (1945) aka I Live in Grosvenor Square - story
- A Voice in the Night (1946) aka Wanted for Murder - add dialogue
- Springtime (1946) aka Spring Song - story
- Meet Me at Dawn (1947) - dialogue
- Murder on Monday (1952) aka Home at Seven - producer
- Derby Day (1952) - producer
- Turn the Key Softly (1953) - producer, writer
- Trouble in Store (1953) - producer, writer
- One Good Turn (1955) - producer, writer
- Man of the Moment (1955) - story
- Babes in the Wood on Ice (1956) - book
- The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958) - producer
- Operation Amsterdam (1959) - producer
- The Men from Room 13 (1959–61) - research
- Watch It, Sailor! (1961) - producer
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) - series ideas
References
- ^ "Sea drama in running for award". The Herald. No. 23, 768. Melbourne. 30 July 1953. p. 19. Retrieved 11 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Our "Zither Girl " had no hope". The Sunday Times. No. 2924. Western Australia. 19 December 1954. p. 39. Retrieved 11 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "She met a Yank in Grosvenor Square". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. VI, no. 37. Sydney. 29 July 1945. p. 35. Retrieved 11 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.