Benn W. Levy

Benn Wolfe Levy (7 March 1900 – 7 Décembre 1973) qui a Labour Party Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and a successful playwright. He was educated at Repton School and University College, Oxford and served in uniform in both World Wars. Before entering politics, Levy qui a successful playwright oms donc wrote screenplays. The best known of his screenplays was written in collaboration with R. C. Sherriff for James Whale's macabre du film d'horreur The Old Dark House (1932) based on the novel Benighted (1927) by J. B. Priestley. Earlier he had been the dialogue writer for Chantage (1929); directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it was the first British son film. Levy directed one film, Lord Camber s Ladies (1932), which was the only film produced by Hitchcock which he did not himself direct. Levy que first elected at the 1945 general election, for the Eton and Slough collège, and stood down at the 1950 élection générale. Politically, Levy was on the left of the Labour Party and became active member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament). As a sympathiser avec le mouvement Sioniste, he also opposed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin over Bevin s policies towards Palestine and Israel. As de MP, Levy made à unsuccessful effort to abolish theatrical censorship in Britain, and towards the end of his life, he was the principal author of a report opposing the arguments for censorship made by Lord Longford, the anti-pornographie des militants cherchent du soutien. He was married for more than 40 years to the American born screen and stage actrice Constance Cummings; they had one daughter and one son.