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name: "W.P. Lipscomb"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 October 1887"
died: "25 July 1958"
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average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
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# W.P. Lipscomb

Writer. Born 1 October 1887 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. Died 25 July 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 October 1887, Merton, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 25 July 1958
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._P._Lipscomb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2536771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513744/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/293939

## Biography

W.P. Lipscomb (William Percy Lipscomb) was a British screenwriter, playwright, producer and director. Born on 1 October 1887 in Merton, Surrey, he began his career editing a brewery magazine and writing sketches before his first screen credit on *Balaclava* (1928). He adapted numerous stage plays for the screen in the late 1920s and early 1930s, working regularly with producer Herbert Wilcox.

In 1934 he co-wrote the play *Clive of India*, which led to a contract with 20th Century Fox. He spent four years in Hollywood adapting literary works, including *Les Misérables* (1935), *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), *Cardinal Richelieu* (1935), *Under Two Flags* (1936) and *The Garden of Allah* (1936). He returned to Britain and later contributed to *Pygmalion* (1938), sharing the Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay with Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis and George Bernard Shaw.

Lipscomb's later credits include *A Town Like Alice* (1956) and *Dunkirk* (1958). He also produced several films and directed *Colonel Blood* (1934). He died in London on 25 July 1958.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-two-cities.md)
- *Les Misérables* (1935), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), Thanks
- *The Ambitious One* (1959), Writer
- *Dunkirk* (1958), Screenplay
- *Robbery Under Arms* (1957), Screenplay
- *A Town Like Alice* (1956), Screenplay
- *Make Me an Offer!* (1954), Screenplay, Producer
- *His Excellency* (1952), Screenplay
- *Where No Vultures Fly* (1951), Screenplay
- *Bitter Springs* (1950), Screenplay
- *The Mark of Cain* (1947), Adaptation, Producer
- *Beware of Pity* (1946), Producer, Screenplay
- *Forever and a Day* (1943), Writer
- *Pacific Blackout* (1941), Screenplay
- *The Sun Never Sets* (1939), Screenplay
- *Pygmalion* (1938), Scenario Writer
- *The Hurricane* (1937), as Additional Writing
- *Lloyd's of London* (1936), Writers' Assistant
- *The Garden of Allah* (1936), Screenplay
- *Under Two Flags* (1936), Screenplay
- *A Message to Garcia* (1936), Screenplay
- *Troubled Waters* (1936), Writer
- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-two-cities.md)
- *Me and Marlborough* (1935), Writer, Scenario Writer
- *Les Misérables* (1935), Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)
- *Cardinal Richelieu* (1935), Dialogue
- *Clive of India* (1935), Screenplay
- *The King of Paris* (1934), Scenario Writer
- *Colonel Blood* (1934), Director, Script
- *Channel Crossing* (1933), Story
- *I Was a Spy* (1933), Writer
- *Loyalties* (1933), Writer
- *The Good Companions* (1933), Scenario Writer
- *The Man from Toronto* (1933), Writer
- *There Goes the Bride* (1932), Adaptation, Scenario Writer, Dialogue
- *Jack's the Boy* (1932), Writer
- *The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case* (1932), Screenplay
- *A Night Like This* (1932), Screenplay
- *Mischief* (1931), Writer
- *The Chance of a Night Time* (1931), Writer
- *Tilly of Bloomsbury* (1931), Writer
- *The Speckled Band* (1931), Adaptation
- *Plunder* (1930), Writer
- *Canaries Sometimes Sing* (1930), Adaptation
- *The Great Game* (1930), Writer
- *On Approval* (1930), Adaptation
- *French Leave* (1930), Writer
- *The Safe* (1930), Theatre Play
- *Rookery Nook* (1930), Writer
- *Splinters* (1929), Writer
- *Balaclava* (1928), Story

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1939: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Pygmalion*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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