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St. John Legh Clowes (1907–1951) was a South African writer and director. Biography [ edit ] Clowes wrote the play Dear Murderer which was turned into a film.
St. John Legh Clowes was born in 1907 in East London, South Africa. He was a writer and director, known for No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948), Grand Prix (1934) and Frozen Fate (1929). He died in 1951 in London, England, UK.
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (US re-release title Black Dice) is a 1948 British gangster film adapted and directed by St. John Legh Clowes from the 1939 novel of the same name by James Hadley Chase.
No Orchids for Miss Blandish: Directed by St. John Legh Clowes. With Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers, Walter Crisham. John Blandish is worth $100 million. His heiress daughter is soon to be wed to Foster Harvey, who believes she's a cold, unfeeling woman, despite loving her.
Feb 23, 2011 · Things Happen at Night. by. Francis Searle. Publication date. 1947. Usage. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Topics. Comedy, Horror. Publisher. Tudor-Alliance. A young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon. Contact Information. www.k-otic.com. Addeddate. 2011-02-23 12:44:03. Color. black & white. Director. Francis Searle.
The convoluted story makes no sense, having been adapted, and heavily amended, from the original James Hadley Chase novel by director St. John L. Clowes. Apparently this caused huge controversy at the time because of the amount of violence and sex in it.
In turn, he hired as director St. John Legh Clowes, an itinerant maker of 1930s era quota quickies, whose past works are so obscure that most sources concluded wrongly that No Orchids was his first--and only--film (he died shortly after its making).
