R.J. Minney

R.J. Minney (1895-1979) was a British film producer, journalist, editor and author. He produced The Wicked Lady (1945).^[1]

He resigned from the Rank Organisation in 1947, unhappy with the direction of the company.^[2]

Novels

• Maki 1921
• The Road to Delhi 1923
• Distant Drums 1935
• How Vainly Men 1940
• A Woman of France 1945
• Nothing to Lose 1946
• Bring Out the Drum 1950
• The Governor’s Wife 1951
• Anne of the Sealed Knot 1972

Biographies

• Clive 1931
• Governor General 1935
• Gentle Caesar, Tsar Nicholas II
• Charlie Chaplin – The Immortal Tramp 1954
• Viscount Southwood 1954
• Carve Her Name with Pride 1956
• Clive of India 1957
• Viscount Addison, Leader of the Lords 1958
• Fanny and the Regent of Siam 1962
• Rasputin 1972/3
• Puffin Asquith 1973
• Lola Montez 1976

Other Books

• Shiva, or the Future of India 1929
• India Marches Past 1933
• Hollywood by Starlight 1935
• Midst Himalayan Mists
• Excursions in Ink
• Across India by Air
• The Journalist
• Night Life of Calcutta
• Talking of Films 1947
• A Stag Party with Men Only 1955
• Next Stop Peking 1957
• The Private Papers of Hore Belisha 1960
• No 10 Downing Street, a House in History 1963
• The Film Maker and His World 1964
• The Edwardian Age 1964
• I Shall Fear No Evil 1966
• The Two Pillars of Charing Cross 1967
• Recollections of George Bernard Shaw 1969
• The Tower of London 1970
• Hampton Court 1972

Plays

• Clive of India 1933
• Gentle Caesar 1942
• They Had His Number 1942
• The Red Horizon 1943
• The Voice of the People 1950

Films

• Clive of India 1935
• Dear Octopus 1943
• The Man in Grey 1943
• Madonna of the Seven Moons 1944
• A Place of One’s Own 1944
• Love Story 1944
• They Were Sisters 1945
• The Wicked Lady 1945/6
• Caravan 1946
• The Magic Bow 1947
• The Idol of Paris 1948
• Time Gentlemen Please! 1952/3
• The Final Test 1953
• Carve Her Name with Pride 1958

References

1. Biography at Personal website
2. PRODUCER QUITS RANK IN SPLIT OVER POLICY New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 24 Jan 1947: 18.

External links

• Official website