Writing

Val Valentine

Born — Died

1895-02-14 — 1971-11-16

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

34 titles

Known for

The Ringer poster
6.1

An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.

The Ringer

1952

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's poster
6.5

The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best yet – they have burned down the school! As the girls stand trial, police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960

The Belles of St Trinian's poster
6.4

The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind.

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954

The Constant Husband poster
6.9

Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.

The Constant Husband

1955

We Dive at Dawn poster
6.3

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...

We Dive at Dawn

1943

Lady Godiva Rides Again poster
5.9

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951

Behind the camera

The Ringer poster
6.1

An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.

The Ringer

1952

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's poster
6.5

The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best yet – they have burned down the school! As the girls stand trial, police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960

The Belles of St Trinian's poster
6.4

The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind.

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954

The Constant Husband poster
6.9

Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.

The Constant Husband

1955

We Dive at Dawn poster
6.3

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...

We Dive at Dawn

1943

Lady Godiva Rides Again poster
5.9

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951

Fortune Is a Woman poster
6.8

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

Fortune Is a Woman

1957

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's poster
6.8

With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However, when the sixth form take a fancy to winning a trip to Italy through means fair or foul, the army discover this is one battle they can't win. Let loose in Europe, it is not long before St Trinian's have succeeded in endangering European relations.

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

1957

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire poster
4.3

The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this hilarious comedy adventure. The Vampire plans to control the world with the help of his robot, which accidentally gets shipped to Mother Riley. Through radar control, he contacts the robot and orders it to come to him, bringing along Mother Riley! But his life is turned upside down when he holds this most meddling of mothers captive.

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

1952

I'll Be Your Sweetheart poster
6.5

In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher fights both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.

I'll Be Your Sweetheart

1945

They Can't Hang Me poster
6.9

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.

They Can't Hang Me

1955

Friends and Neighbours poster
8.0

During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a visit.

Friends and Neighbours

1959

No artwork available
7.0

Farcical confusions ensue when newlywed bride Peggy Gay overhears her husband Jack discussing the purchase of a piano, and somehow interprets what he has said to mean he is the father of an illegitimate child.

My Wife's Family

1931

Miss Robin Hood poster
8.1

In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition from an elderly fan. She suggests that they conspire to steal a secret whiskey formula from ruthless distillers, who themselves stole it from her family in years gone by. With the recipe back in hand however, it's not long before they attract attention from the Inspectors of Scotland Yard.

Miss Robin Hood

1952

No artwork available
7.0

Old Mother Riley runs into a ghost who turns out to be an old pirate searching for buried treasure.

Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure

1951

No artwork available
9.0

A young couple struggle with their overbearing parents.

Compromising Daphne

1930

Elstree Calling poster
5.0

A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

Elstree Calling

1930

This Was a Woman poster
5.7

The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them. She subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence...

This Was a Woman

1948

Get That Venus poster
7.5

A fast-talking philanderer and sometime reporter gets caught up in an octogenarian antiquarian's scheme to steal a classical masterwork, the famous Venus of Asterville.

Get That Venus

1933

Excuse My Glove poster
8.0

A young man, whose main interest in life is stained glass, accidentally accepts a challenge to fight in a fair boxing booth.

Excuse My Glove

1936

Come on George! poster
6.0

George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins

Come on George!

1939

Poor Old Bill poster
7.0

A man sponges off an old comrade from the First World War who believes he has saved his life during the war, although this ultimately proves not to be true.

Poor Old Bill

1931

Café Colette poster
10.0

A diplomat falls in love with an exiled Russian princess.

Café Colette

1937

Old Soldiers Never Die poster
10.0

A comedy film directed by Monty Banks.

Old Soldiers Never Die

1931

Feather Your Nest poster
8.0

A worker at a gramophone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.

Feather Your Nest

1937

The Vagabond Queen poster
10.0

The Vagabond Queen is a 1929 British comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Betty Balfour, Glen Byam Shaw and Ernest Thesiger. It was the final film directed in Britain by Bolváry before he returned to Germany. A young woman takes the place of a Princess who is a target for an assassination. This film was released in May 1929 as a silent film and re-released with synchronized music and sound effects in August 1930.

The Vagabond Queen

1929

The Compulsory Husband poster
8.0

A recently engaged girl invites her parents to meet her fiance. They learn that he also loves another woman.

The Compulsory Husband

1929

Gasbags poster
6.1

It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by running a fish and chip stall using their platoon's barrage balloon for advertising. Their Sgt Major is not happy about this and orders them to take the balloon down, but a freak heavy wind accidentally carries the gang away to Nazi Germany. They are captured and placed in a detention camp where they meet an elderly prisoner named Jerry, who possess a map for the location of a secret weapon which will win the war! Fortunately Teddy Knox's impersonation of Hitler lands him the spot of pretending to be the Fuhrer at a gala dinner and the gang are allowed out of the camp. However the Nazis have other ideas for their substitute leader.

Gasbags

1941

No artwork available
NR

The story of a Variety Theatre, illustrated by performers from its past.

Down Melody Lane

1943

The Love Habit poster
8.0

'Paris. Roué poses as secretary to flirt with employer's wife.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Love Habit

1931

No artwork available
7.0

In France the husband of a purity league leader runs a shady nightclub.

Pyjamas Preferred

1932

No artwork available
7.0

In France the husband of a purity league leader runs a shady nightclub.

Pyjamas Preferred

1932

Kiss Me Sergeant poster
10.0

In India, a British soldier saves the jeweled eye of a sacred idol.

Kiss Me Sergeant

1930

No artwork available
8.0

A barge operator helps a schoolteacher tackle a gang of criminals.

Captain Bill

1935