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Walter Charles Mycroft (1890 – 14 June 1959) was a British journalist, screenwriter, film producer and director. [1] In the 1920s he was film critic of the London Evening Standard, and a founder of the London Film Society, before joining the film industry.
Walter C. Mycroft was born on 4 April 1890 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Three Wise Brides (1941), Banana Ridge (1942) and My Wife's Family (1941). He died on 12 June 1959 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.
- Producer, Writer, Production Manager
- April 4, 1890
- Walter C. Mycroft
- June 12, 1959
T1 - Walter C. Mycroft: the time of my life, the memoirs of a British film producer. AU - Mycroft, W. A2 - Porter, V. PY - 2006. Y1 - 2006. N2 - Walter Charles Mycroft (1890-1959) was the film critic of the Evening Standard from 1922-1927, and also a founding member of London's Film Society.
- W. Mycroft, V. Porter
- 2006
Walter Charles Mycroft (1890-1959) was the film critic of the Evening Standard from 1922-1927, and also a founding member of London's Film Society. In 1928, he was appointed Head of the...
Walter Charles Mycroft was a British novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. He was born in 1890 in Camberwell, London, to journalist Walter Thomas Mycroft and his wife Rosland Agnes. Afflicted by a hunched back, Mycroft only grew to 5 foot 4 inches in adult life.
Walter Charles Mycroft (1890-1959) was the film critic of the Evening Standard from 1922-1927, and also a founding member of London's Film Society. In 1928, he was appointed Head of the Scenario Department—and then Director of Production—at British International Pictures (later Associated British Pictures).
Mycroft recalls how he selected film stories for directors Harry Lachman, L.A. Dupont, and Alfred Hitchcock and reveals for the first time the true story behind Hitchcock's departure from British International Pictures.
