Hugh Perceval Explained

Hugh Perceval (18 February 1908 – July 1987) was a British screenwriter and film producer.^[1] He was portrayed by Michael Kitchen in the 2011 film My Week with Marilyn, which chronicles the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), whose production Perceval managed.

Filmography

Producer

• After Dark (1933)
• The Jewel (1933)
• Death at Broadcasting House (1934)
• The Silent Passenger (1935)
• Calling the Tune (1936)
• The House of the Spaniard (1936)
• Secret Lives (1937, also screenwriter)
• Brief Ecstasy (1937)
• What a Man! (1938)
• Garrison Follies (1940)
• Danny Boy (1941)
• The Missing Million (1942)
• Front Line Kids (1942)
• The Third Man (1949)
• Outcast of the Islands (1951)
• Home at Seven (1952)
• Who Goes There! (1952)
• The Ringer (1952)
• The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
• The Man Between (1953)
• Three Cases of Murder (1955)
• The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
• Raising a Riot (1955, also screenwriter)
• The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
• Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
• The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
• The Third Secret (1964)
• The Reckoning (1970)

Production Manager

• Jamaica Inn (1939)
• Night Beat (1947)
• The Fallen Idol (1948)
• The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

Screenwriter

• These Charming People (1931)
• A Man of Mayfair (1931)
• Secret Lives (1937)
• Raising a Riot (1955)

Bibliography

• Landy, Marcia. British Genres: Cinema and Society, 1930-1960. Princeton University Press, 2014.

Notes and References

1. Landy p.516