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Vernon Sylvaine (1896–1957) was a British playwright and screenwriter. He is known for writing several popular stage farces. He began working in film in 1937 when his stage hit Aren't Men Beasts! was turned into a film of the same title starring Robertson Hare and Alfred Drayton. Hare and Drayton starred in two further adaptations of his plays A Spot of Bother (1938) and Women Aren't Angels (1943). He adapted his own play for the 1943 comedy-thriller Warn That Man starring Gordon Harker, Basil Radford and Judy Kelly. His 1948 play One Wild Oat was turned into a 1951 film of the same title.

He was the father of the actress June Sylvaine.

Selected filmography

• Aren't Men Beasts! (1937)
• Make It Three (1938)

Selected plays

• Aren't Men Beasts!
• A Spot of Bother
• Nap Hand (1940)
• Women Aren't Angels (1941)
• Warn That Man! (1941)
• Madame Louise (1945)
• One Wild Oat (1948)
• Will Any Gentleman? (1950)
• As Long as They're Happy (1953)

References

1. Murphy p.309

Bibliography

• Murphy, Robert. British Cinema and the Second World War. A&C Black, 2005.

External links

• Vernon Sylvaine at IMDb

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