Aveling Ginever Explained

Aveling Ginever was a film writer and director. He established his own film company, Gee Films in 1931.^[1] His work includes the Pathé film Twenty-Five Years a King (1935)^[2] and Walking on Air (1946).^[3] He was one of two screenwriters credited for Barnacle Bill (1935), adapting a story by Archie Pitt. He was one of the writers for Play Up the Band.^[4] He was involved in various aspects of Knights for a Day.^[5]

Ginever directed the first film made by the Religious Film Society working with J. Arthur Rank,^{[6] [7]} Mastership of Christ. He also directed the religious themed film Cross Beams.^[8]

Ginever was involved in the production of World War II era military films for Gee Films.^{[9] [10] [11]}

Ginever is credited as one of the authors of The Royal Air Force at war : the unseen films, 1940-1944.^[12]

Filmography

• In Our Time (1932), writer and director
• A Dickensian Fantasy (1933), short^[13] with Lawrence Manray as Scrooge.^[14]
• Twenty-Five Years a King (1935)
• The Mastership of Christ^[6]
• Cross Beams^{[6] [8]}
• Walking on Air (1946), one of the writers and the director

Notes and References

1. Web site: British Film and Television Yearbook. 1956.
2. Web site: The UK Film Index: MFB: March 1935. January 7, 2015.
3. Web site: WALKING ON AIR. Library of Congress.
4. Play Up the Band (1935 film) - Silver Sirenshttps://www.silversirens.co.uk/films/play-up-the-band-1935/
5. Book: Gifford, Denis. The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. Google Books. 9781317837015. 2018-10-24.
6. Book: J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry. January 11, 2013. Routledge. Google Books. 9781135087203.
7. Book: J. Arthur Rank: The man behind the gong. 9780745931357. Wakelin. Michael. 1997-10-08. Lion Pub. .
8. Book: J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry. 9781135087203. MacNab. 2013-01-11. Routledge .
9. Web site: MEETING THE U-BOAT MENACE [Main Title]]. Imperial War Museums.
10. Web site: The Royal Air Force at war the unseen films, 1940-1944 /. February 8, 2008. searchworks.stanford.edu.
11. Web site: ENEMY INTERROGATION OF PRISONERS [Main Title]]. IWM Film.
12. Book: The Royal Air Force at war: the unseen films, 1940-1944. February 8, 2008. 281209251.
13. Book: Jones, Alan-Bertaneisson. Fright Xmas. August 8, 2010. AuthorHouse. Google Books. 9781452061993.
14. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-1-349-06004-7%2F1.pdf Select Bibliography