
Victor Saville
Victor Saville (25 September 1895, Birmingham, England – 8 May 1979, London) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954. He also produced 36 films between 1923 and 1962. He produced his first film, Woman to Woman, with Michael Balcon in 1923, and on the back of its success produced pictures for the veteran director Maurice Elvey, including the classic British silent Hindle Wakes (1927). His first picture as director was The Arcadians (1927). In 1929 he and Balcon worked together again on a talkie remake of Woman to Woman for Balcon's company, Gainsborough Pictures. This time Saville directed it. From 1931, as Gainsborough Pictures and the Gaumont British Picture Corporation joined forces, Saville produced a string of comedies, musicals and dramas for Gainsborough and Gaumont-British, including the popular Jessie Matthews pictures. In 1937, he left to set up his own production company, Victor Saville Productions, and made three pictures for Alexander Korda's London Films at Denham studios. As an independent producer he had purchased the film rights to A. J. Cronin's novel The Citadel. He was persuaded to sell them to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in return for the chance to produce the film and another big-budget adaptation, Goodbye Mr Chips (1939). Both films starred Robert Donat and were a great success in the USA as well as in Britain, providing Saville with a passport to Hollywood. When the war broke out in 1939, Saville was in America and was advised to remain there. He produced pictures in support of the war effort, such as The Mortal Storm and Forever and a Day (1943) (in which he worked for the last time with his former star Jessie Matthews), and in 1945 Tonight and Every Night, based on the history of the Windmill Theatre in London. After the war Saville continued directing films for MGM but eventually returned to Britain. Saville acquired production rights for Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer mysteries and produced a few features, though Spillane thought he was interested in doing so only to acquire the money to produce The Silver Chalice. He produced two final films in the 1960s, The Greengage Summer (1961), adapted from the novel of the same name, and Mix Me a Person (1962).
- Known ForDirecting
- Born25 September 1895 (age 130)
- Place of BirthBirmingham, England, UK
Victor Saville

- Known ForDirecting
- Born25 September 1895 (age 130)
- Place of BirthBirmingham, England, UK

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Mix Me a Person
1962

The Greengage Summer
1961

My Gun Is Quick
1957

The Long Wait
1954

The Silver Chalice
1954

I, the Jury
1953

24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952

Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951

Kim
1950

Conspirator
1949

Green Dolphin Street
1947

If Winter Comes
1947

Desire Me
1947

The Green Years
1946

Tonight and Every Night
1945

Forever and a Day
1943

Keeper of the Flame
1943

Above Suspicion
1943

White Cargo
1942

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941

A Woman's Face
1941

Smilin' Through
1941

The Mortal Storm
1940

The Earl of Chicago
1940

Bitter Sweet
1940

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939

South Riding
1938

The Citadel
1938

Dark Journey
1937

Storm in a Teacup
1937

Action for Slander
1937

It's Love Again
1936

First a Girl
1935

The Dictator
1935

Me and Marlborough
1935

Evergreen
1934

Evensong
1934

The Iron Duke
1934

Friday the Thirteenth
1933

The Good Companions
1933

I Was a Spy
1933

The Faithful Heart
1932

Love on Wheels
1932

Hindle Wakes
1931

Sunshine Susie
1931

Michael and Mary
1931

The Sport of Kings
1931

A Warm Corner
1930

The W Plan
1930

Woman to Woman
1929

Kitty
1929

Armistice
1929
Me and the Boys
1929

Tesha
1928

Hindle Wakes
1927
A Sister to Assist 'Er
1927
The Arcadians
1927
A Woman in Pawn
1927

The Glad Eye
1927

Mademoiselle from Armentieres
1927

The White Shadow
1924
