One of England's leading director/producers, Victor Saville originally entered the movie industry as a salesman. He subsequently joined Gaumont-British pictures as a production manager and screenwriter, and directed his first movie in 1927. He emerged as one of England's top filmmakers in the early '30s, principally as director of a series of comedies and musicals featuring British stage star Jessie Matthews, most notably Evergreen, adapted from a stage show by Rodgers and Hart, which became the most popular and successful musical ever made in England. In the late '30s, Saville became the head of production of MGM's British studio, and had a hit with Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939), starring Robert Donat. Saville went to America in 1940, but somehow never made pictures as distinguished or succesful as he had done in England in the '30s, although his production company, Parklane, did secure the film rights to Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer novels, and was responsible for producing Kiss Me Deadly, one of the most celebrated crime thrillers of the '50s.
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Mix Me a Person
Producer |
1962 | |||
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Loss of Innocence
Producer |
1961 | |||
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My Gun Is Quick
Producer |
1957 | |||
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Kiss Me Deadly
Executive Producer |
1955 | |||
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The Long Wait
Director |
1954 | |||
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The Silver Chalice
Director, Producer |
1954 | |||
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Affair in Monte Carlo
Director |
1953 | |||
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I, the Jury
Producer |
1953 | |||
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Calling Bulldog Drummond
Director |
1951 | |||
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Kim
Director |
1950 | |||
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Conspirator
Director |
1949 | |||
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Green Dolphin Street
Director |
1947 | |||
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If Winter Comes
Director |
1947 | |||
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The Green Years
Director |
1946 | |||
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Tonight and Every Night
Director, Producer |
1945 | |||
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Above Suspicion
Producer |
1943 | |||
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Forever and a Day
Actor, Director, Producer |
1943 | |||
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Keeper of the Flame
Producer |
1942 | |||
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White Cargo
Producer |
1942 | |||
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A Woman's Face
Producer |
1941 | |||
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Producer |
1941 | |||
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Smilin' Through
Producer |
1941 | |||
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The Chocolate Soldier
Producer |
1941 | |||
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Bitter Sweet
Producer |
1940 | |||
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The Earl of Chicago
Producer |
1940 | |||
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The Mortal Storm
Producer |
1940 | |||
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Producer |
1939 | |||
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South Riding
Director, Producer |
1938 | |||
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The Citadel
Producer |
1938 | |||
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Action for Slander
Producer |
1937 | |||
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Dark Journey
Director |
1937 | |||
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Storm in a Teacup
Director, Producer |
1937 | |||
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It's Love Again
Director |
1936 | |||
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First a Girl
Director |
1935 | |||
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Loves of a Dictator
Director |
1935 | |||
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Me and Marlborough
Director |
1935 | |||
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The Dictator
Director |
1935 | |||
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Evensong
Director |
1934 | |||
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Evergreen
Director |
1934 | |||
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I Was a Spy
Director |
1934 | |||
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The Iron Duke
Director |
1934 | |||
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Friday the 13th
Director |
1933 | |||
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The Faithful Hearts
Director, Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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The Good Companions
Director |
1933 | |||
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Love on Wheels
Director, Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Michael and Mary
Director |
1932 | |||
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Hindle Wakes
Director, Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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The Office Girl
Director, Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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The Sport of Kings
Director |
1931 | |||
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The W Plan
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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A Warm Corner
Director, Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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Kitty
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
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Woman to Woman
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
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Tesha
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
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A Sister to Assist'er
Producer |
1927 | |||
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Hindle Wakes
Screenwriter |
1927 | |||
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Roses of Picardy
Producer |
1927 | |||
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The Arcadians
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1927 |







