Compton MacKenzie

Compton MacKenzie

Date of Birth: 17 Jan 1883

Country: UK

Biography: English born Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the Scottish National Party along with Hugh MacDiarmid, RB Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in 1952.

Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 8 (Writer)

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    Sylvia Scarlett
    Escaping to England from a French embezzlement charge, widower Henry Scarlett is accompanied by daughter Sylvia who, to avoid detection, "disguises" herself as a boy, "Sylvester." (imdb)
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    Whisky Galore!
    When a merchant ship wrecks on the coast of an island in the Outer Hebrides during the Second World War, the residents of the small community decide to liberate the wreck of its cargo: hundreds of cases of whiskey. When a nosy Home Guard officer begins getting suspicious, the residents go to great lengths to protect their find.
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    Carnival
    Of the many films (English and American) bearing the title Carnival, only one was based on the Compton MacKenzie novel of the same name. This 1946 melodrama stars Sally Gray as a 19th century ballet dancer who makes an unfortunate career move by marrying a taciturn Cornish farmer (Bernard Miles). Sally soon longs for the bright lights of the big city, and for the arms of her artist lover (Michael Wilding). (allmovie.com)
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    Monarch of the Glen
    Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle. (imdb)
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    Whisky Galore
    Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
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    Sinister Street
    A bastard idealist saves a girl from shame and sets her up for a trial period, but she slips again.
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    Rockets Galore
    Inhabitants of a small island in the Atlantic resist their government's plan to make their home a missile base.
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    Dance Pretty Lady
    A ballerina falls in love with a wealthy young artist. However, rather than marry her, he wants her to become his mistress. She refuses. Not long afterwards he tells her he's changed is mind and agrees to marry her, but by this time she's beginning to wonder if she can trust him or not.
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