James A. Carter (born 1902) was a British art director and occasional film producer.
Carter was born in London in 1902.[1] He studied at the Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Academy of Music, before beginning his career in the film industry at Worton Hall Studies in 1923.[2] He was employed during the 1930s at Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios where he worked on films such as The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935).[3] He was eventually appointed to the board of the Twickenham company.[4] During World War II, he made training films for all three branches of the armed forces.
Selected filmography
Art director
- The Mystery of the Villa Rose (1930)
- Chin Chin Chinaman (1931)
- A Night in Montmartre (1931)
- Frail Women (1932)
- Lily of Killarney (1934)
- Whispering Tongues (1934)
- The Man Who Changed His Name (1934)
- Music Hall (1934)
- The Admiral's Secret (1934)
- Bella Donna (1934)
- Flood Tide (1934)
- The Broken Melody (1934)
- The Black Abbot (1934)
- The Morals of Marcus (1935)
- The Rocks of Valpre (1935)
- D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935)
- Squibs (1935)
- Inside the Room (1935)
- She Shall Have Music (1935)
- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
- The Last Journey (1936)
- The Vicar of Bray (1937)
- Sons of the Sea (1939)
- Under Your Hat (1940)
- Law and Disorder (1940)
- You Will Remember (1941)
- Hatter's Castle (1942)
- Headline (1944)
- A Girl in a Million (1946)
- Daybreak (1948)
Producer
- They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
- Dancing with Crime (1947)
- Just William's Luck (1947)
- Daughter of Darkness (1948)
- Things Happen at Night (1948)
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
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