Writing

Eliot Stannard

Born March 1, 1888 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Died November 21, 1944 · aged 56

Eliot Stannard (1 March 1888 – 21 November 1944) was an English screenwriter and director. Stannard wrote the screenplay for more than 80 films between 1914 and 1933, including eight films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He also directed five films. During the early 1920s, he worked on most of the screenplays for the Ideal Film Company, one of Britain's leading silent film studios. [biography (exce…

Known For

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog · 1927

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

MovieCrimeThriller

London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.

The Manxman

The Manxman · 1929

MovieRomanceDrama

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife · 1928

The Farmer's Wife

MovieComedyDrama

Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale · 1915

Florence Nightingale

MovieDramaHistory

The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).

Easy Virtue

Easy Virtue · 1928

MovieRomanceDrama

Unjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She soon falls in love with a young Englishman, John Whittaker, and begins anew under an assumed name. But when John brings her home to his disapproving family, Larita’s past begins to resurface.

Tommy Atkins

Tommy Atkins · 1928

MovieActionDrama

A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.

The Pleasure Garden

The Pleasure Garden · 1925

The Pleasure Garden

MovieDramaRomance

Two chorus girls at the Pleasure Garden Theatre follow different paths in love and fortune.

The Card

The Card · 1922

MovieComedyRomance

A sacked clerk rises to become Mayor and weds the daughter of the councillor who fired him.

Filmography

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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog · 1927

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

MovieCrimeThriller

London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.

Screenplay

The Manxman

The Manxman · 1929

MovieRomanceDrama

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

Scenario Writer

The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife · 1928

The Farmer's Wife

MovieComedyDrama

Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.

Adaptation

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale · 1915

Florence Nightingale

MovieDramaHistory

The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).

Writer

Easy Virtue

Easy Virtue · 1928

MovieRomanceDrama

Unjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She soon falls in love with a young Englishman, John Whittaker, and begins anew under an assumed name. But when John brings her home to his disapproving family, Larita’s past begins to resurface.

Writer

Tommy Atkins

Tommy Atkins · 1928

MovieActionDrama

A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.

Scenario Writer

The Pleasure Garden

The Pleasure Garden · 1925

The Pleasure Garden

MovieDramaRomance

Two chorus girls at the Pleasure Garden Theatre follow different paths in love and fortune.

Writer

The Card

The Card · 1922

MovieComedyRomance

A sacked clerk rises to become Mayor and weds the daughter of the councillor who fired him.

Writer

Champagne

Champagne · 1928

MovieComedyDrama

A spoiled heiress defies her millionaire father by running off to France to pursue her lover. Things don't go entirely as planned.

Scenario Writer

Downhill

Downhill · 1927

When school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his privileged world, Roddy drifts through a series of humiliations—from waiter to penniless actor to gigolo—descending ever further into ruin and self-disgust.

Scenario Writer

Tom Jones

Tom Jones · 1917

Adventures of a squire's disowned son who proves to be his bastard heir.

Screenplay

To Brighton with Gladys

To Brighton with Gladys · 1933

To Brighton with Gladys

Story of nephew's tribulations in conveying penguin to wealthy uncle's seaside home.

Writer

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights · 1920

Wuthering Heights

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

Writer

Sir or Madame

Sir or Madame · 1928

A girl posing as a knight's male valet is vamped by his fiancée

Adaptation

The Mountain Eagle

The Mountain Eagle · 1926

The Mountain Eagle

MovieDramaRomance

In the Kentucky hills, a schoolteacher becomes caught in a bitter feud between a widower, his crippled son, and a reclusive hermit. Accusations and jealousy drive her into hiding, leading to love and revenge. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this 1926 romantic drama is now considered lost and remains one of the BFI’s most sought-after missing films.

Writer

Nelson

MovieRomanceDrama

Lord Nelson's life, loves and death.

Writer

Blighty

Blighty · 1927

A chauffeur becomes an officer and later cares for his master's widow and child.

Writer

Widecombe Fair

Widecombe Fair · 1928

'Devon. Rich widow helps poor squire by pretending his ancestor hid treasure.' (British Film Catalogue)

Scenario Writer

The Pauper Millionaire

The Pauper Millionaire · 1922

The Pauper Millionaire

Scenario Writer

The Harbour Lights

The Harbour Lights · 1923

The Harbour Lights

MovieCrimeDrama

A lieutenant saves an heiress from a wicked squire and is framed for murder.

Scenario Writer

Paddy The Next Best Thing

Paddy The Next Best Thing · 1923

Paddy The Next Best Thing

MovieComedyRomance

A girl refuses the attentions of a young playboy with whom her sister is in love.

Writer

Above Rubies

Above Rubies · 1932

In Monte Carlo, Lady Wellingford cannot redeem a necklace from a jeweler.

Writer

Build Thy House

Build Thy House · 1920

Build Thy House

A padre, acting for a dying soldier, poses as the heir to a slum property and becomes a Labour MP.

Screenplay

The American Prisoner

The American Prisoner · 1929

The American Prisoner

Devon, 1815. In the dying days of the Napoleonic Wars, a Danish-American lieutenant, Cecil Stark, is captured attempting to run supplies to the French. Imprisoned at Dartmoor, he and his fellow captives make a desperate escape attempt, in which Stark is shot. He is found by Grace Malherb, and the two fall in love while he convalesces on her family estate. But Grace's father is heavily indebted to the boorish Peter Norcot, whose price for forgiving the loan is Grace's hand in marriage....

Screenplay