Thomas Bentley

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Thomas Bentley
Born	1880 London, England
Died	1950 (aged 69–70) Warwickshire, England
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1912 - 1951

Thomas Bentley (1880 – 1950) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, The Man in the Street (1926), The Antidote (1927), and Acci-Dental Treatment (1928).

Bentley was born in London and originally trained as an engineer, but went on to become a vaudeville performer well known for impersonating the characters from the novels of Charles Dickens on stage. His directing career in silent films began in 1910 with his adaptations of a number of Dickens' novels to film. After his retirement from directing in 1941 he became technical advisor to the British Film Council.

Selected filmography

• David Copperfield (1913)
• Milestones (1916)
• The Divine Gift (1918)
• The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)
• A Master of Craft (1922)
• A Romance of Mayfair (1925)
• White Heat (1926)
• The Silver Lining (1927)
• Not Quite a Lady (1928)
• Young Woodley (1928)
• The American Prisoner (1929)
• Harmony Heaven (1930)
• Young Woodley (1930)
• Compromising Daphne (1930)
• Hobson's Choice (1931)
• Keepers of Youth (1931)
• After Office Hours (1932)
• Sleepless Nights (1932)
• The Love Nest (1933)
• Hawley's of High Street (1933)
• The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
• Those Were the Days (1934)
• The Great Defender (1934)
• The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
• Royal Cavalcade (1935)
• Music Hath Charms (1935)
• She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
• The Angelus (1937)
• Silver Blaze (1937)
• The Last Chance (1937)
• Night Alone (1938)
• Marigold (1938)
• Me and My Pal (1939)
• Lucky to Me (1939)
• Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
• The Middle Watch (1940)
• Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)

External links

• Thomas Bentley at the Internet Movie Database