Leslie Arliss was an English screenwriter and director.
21 Facts About Leslie Arliss
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Leslie Arliss is best known for his work on the Gainsborough melodramas directing films such as The Man in Grey and The Wicked Lady during the 1940s.
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Leslie Arliss's parents were Charles Sawforde Arliss and Annie Eleanor Lilian "Nina" Barnett Hill.
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Leslie Arliss was not the son of George and Florence Arliss as has sometimes been reported erroneously.
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Leslie Arliss joined Gaumont British to write Road House, a crime film; Orders Is Orders, a comedy; My Old Dutch, a comedy; Jack Ahoy, a Jack Hulbert vehicle.
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Leslie Arliss was credited on Heat Wave, and Windbag the Sailor with Will Hay.
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Leslie Arliss did some work for Sam Goldwyn and wrote an unfilmed story of Tchaikovsky.
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Leslie Arliss wrote The Saint Meets the Tiger with Hugh Sinclair.
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In 1941 Leslie Arliss became a director, initially for Associated British, but soon changing to Gainsborough Pictures.
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Leslie Arliss made his directorial debut with a remake of The Farmer's Wife, co-directed by Norman Lee.
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Leslie Arliss worked on The Foreman Went to France for Ealing Studios as writer only and wrote and directed The Night Has Eyes, a thriller, with James Mason.
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Leslie Arliss had the biggest success of his career to date with The Man in Grey, which he co-wrote and directed.
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An even bigger success was The Wicked Lady, which Leslie Arliss wrote and directed, starring Lockwood and Mason.
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Leslie Arliss was working on a film called Digger's Republic in 1945.
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Leslie Arliss turned down Hollywood offers, but in March 1946 he accepted an offer to work for Alexander Korda.
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Leslie Arliss directed Idol of Paris for Gainsborough's former production chief Maurice Ostrer, but the film was a notorious flop, as was Bonnie Prince Charlie when it was released.
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Leslie Arliss was meant to make an Egg and I style comedy with Kieron Moore for Korda, but instead he wrote and directed Saints and Sinners, which did poorly.
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Leslie Arliss prepared a sequel to his greatest success, The Wicked Lady's Daughter, but it was not made.
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Leslie Arliss directed some comedies, Miss Tulip Stays the Night and See How They Run.
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Leslie Arliss later directed several series of television programmes such as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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Leslie Arliss died in his home on the English Channel Island of Jersey.