John Dighton (1909 - 1989), was a successful Britishplaywright and screenwriter. 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Template:Unsourced A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ...
Dighton wrote for the stage until 1936, when he made the transition to films. His 1940s output included comedian Will Hay's last starring features, as well as the 1947adaptation of Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Thompson Hay (December 6, 1888 – April 18, 1949) was a British comedian, actor and amateur astronomer. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The eye is an adaptation. ... Dickens redirects here. ... The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, (or Nicholas Nickleby for short) is a comic novel of Charles Dickens. ...
Most gainfully employed by Ealing Studios, he collaborated on the screenplays of such celebrated comedies as Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) and The Man in the White Suit (1952), sharing an Academy Award nomination for the latter. He earned a second nomination for the American-financed Roman Holiday (1953). Ealing Studios, a TV and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 Ealing comedy film. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Man in the White Suit is a satirical comedy movie made in 1951 by Ealing Studios. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Roman Holiday is a 1953 romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young royal princess who runs away during a state visit to Rome and is befriended by a cynical expatriate American reporter who first just wants an exclusive story, but finds himself falling in love with her. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Two of his more popular stage plays, The Happiest Days of Your Life and The Passionate Sentry, were successfully adapted for the screen by Dighton himself. The Happiest Days of Your Life is a 1950 British comedy film starring well-known British actors, including Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford and Joyce Grenfell. ...
His final screen credit was his adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, penned in collaboration with Roland Kibbee. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Devils Disciple is the only George Bernard Shaw play set in America. ...
Elizabeth FISHER (Elizabeth RICHMOND, Elizabeth ROGERS, Elizabeth PABODIE, Elizabeth ALDEN, John) was born on 20 Dec 1718 in presumably Dighton, Bristol Co., MA.
John RICHMOND (Sylvester RICHMOND, Elizabeth ROGERS, Elizabeth PABODIE, Elizabeth ALDEN, John) was born on 12 Mar 1738/1739 in Dighton, Bristol Co., MA.
John married Margaret LEE on 23 Feb 1769 in Dighton, Bristol Co., MA.
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