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Arnold Bennett(1867-1931)

  • Writer
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Arnold Bennett was born on 27 May 1867 in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Battling Jane (1918), Sacred and Profane Love (1921) and Piccadilly (1929). He was married to Marie Marguerite Soulé. He died on 27 March 1931 in London, England, UK.
BornMay 27, 1867
DiedMarch 27, 1931(63)
BornMay 27, 1867
DiedMarch 27, 1931(63)
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Known for

Battling Jane (1918)
Battling Jane
  • Writer(as Arnold Bernot)
  • 1918
Elsie Ferguson, Thomas Holding, and Conrad Nagel in Sacred and Profane Love (1921)
Sacred and Profane Love
  • Writer
  • 1921
Anna May Wong in Piccadilly (1929)
Piccadilly
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1929
The Great Adventure (1921)
The Great Adventure
  • Writer
  • 1921

Credits

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  • Sophia and Constance (1988)
    Sophia and Constance
    TV Series
    • novel "The Old Wives' Tale"
    • 1988
  • Anna of the Five Towns (1985)
    Anna of the Five Towns
    6.1
    TV Mini Series
    • novel
    • 1985
  • Roy Castle in Let's Make a Musical (1977)
    Let's Make a Musical
    TV Series
    • novel "The Card"
    • 1977
  • Clayhanger (1976)
    Clayhanger
    8.2
    TV Series
    • "Clayhanger" novels
    • 1976
  • Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, and Anna Calder-Marshall in ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre
    5.8
    TV Series
    • original story
    • 1971
  • The Price of Love
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1970
  • Whom God Hath Joined
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1970
  • Imperial Palace (1969)
    Imperial Palace
    TV Mini Series
    • novel
    • 1969
  • John Gregson in The Jazz Age (1968)
    The Jazz Age
    5.3
    TV Series
    • short story
    • 1968
  • Armchair Theatre (1956)
    Armchair Theatre
    7.7
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1967
  • Jock on the Go
    TV Movie
    • novel "Jock-at-a-Venture"
    • 1967
  • Lord Raingo
    TV Series
    • novel "Lord Raingo"
    • 1966
  • The Old Wives' Tale
    TV Series
    • novel "The Old Wives' Tale"
    • 1964
  • ITV Sunday Night Drama (1959)
    ITV Sunday Night Drama
    6.1
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1959–1980
  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • play
    • story
    • 1950–1959

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Arnold Bennet
  • Born
    • May 27, 1867
    • Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • March 27, 1931
    • London, England, UK(typhoid)
  • Spouse
    • Marie Marguerite Soulé1917 - 1921 (legally separated)
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote (earliest Broadway credit; w/Edward Knoblock [credited as Edward Knoblauch]) "Milestones", produced on Broadway. Liberty Theatre: 17 Sep 1912-Mar 1913 (closing date unknown/215 performances). Cast: Edith Barwell (as "Nancy"), Leslie Faber (as "John Rhead"), William O. Fazan (as "Thompson"), Warburton Gamble (as "Sam Sibley"), Douglas Imbert (as "Lord Monkhurst"), Auriol Lee (as "Gertrude Rhead"), Frederick Lloyd (as "Arthur Preece"), A.G. Onslow (as "Ned Pym"), Frederick Penley (as "Webster"), Gillian Scaife (as "Rose Sibley"), Eugenie Vernie (as "Mrs. Rhead"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger. NOTES: (1) Filmed as Milestones (1916), Milestones (1920). (2) The BBC also produced an adaption [teleplay adapted by John Fitzgerald] of this play, broadcast 26 Dec 1951.
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