Pen Tennyson

Birth : 1912-08-26, London, England, UK

Death : 1941-07-10

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Frederick Penrose Tennyson (26 August 1912 – 7 July 1941) was a British film director whose promising career was cut short when he was killed in a plane crash. Tennyson gained experience as an assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock in several of his British films during the 1930s. Tennyson directed three films between 1939 and his death in 1941. He married actress Nova Pilbeam in 1939. He was a great-grandson of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pen Tennyson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Convoy

Screenplay

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

Convoy

Director

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

The Proud Valley

Screenplay

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

The Proud Valley

Director

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

There Ain't No Justice

Writer

A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.

There Ain't No Justice

Director

A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.

The Citadel

Assistant Director

Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.

A Yank at Oxford

Assistant Director

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

Young and Innocent

Assistant Director

Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.

The 39 Steps

Assistant Director

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.