H.E. BatesFilmography

Occupation:: Screenwriter, Book Author

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My Uncle Silas 2

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Albert Finney, Sue Johnston, Joe Prospero, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter

Synopsis: The second British TV miniseries based on the semi-autobiographical stories of H.E. Bates, My Uncle Silas 2 was, like its predecessor, built around the exploits of a cantankerous, imbibing, and slightly libidinous farm laborer of the early 1900s. The series was told from the viewpoint of young Read More

2001
Under the Sun

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Rolf Lassgård, Helena Bergström, Johan Widerberg, Gunilla Roor, Jonas Falk

Synopsis: Colin Nutley produced, directed and adapted for the screen H.E. Bates' short story "The Little Farm" about an older man's romantic awakening in the mid-1950's. Olof (Rolf Lassgard) is a 40-year-old virgin who has lived alone on his family's farm in Western Sweden since the death of his mother nine Read More

12/22/00
My Uncle Silas

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: My Uncle Silas tells the story of a mischievous reprobate in rural England in the early 20th century. The production consists of five episodes based on a collection of short stories H.E. Bates published in 1939 to relive the memories of his youth in Northamptonshire. Albert Finney stars as the Read More

2000
Feast of July

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Embeth Davidtz, Ben Chaplin, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones, James Purefoy

Synopsis: Based on the novel by H.E. Bates, this period drama stars Embeth Davidtz as Bella Ford, a woman living in rural England during the Victorian era. Bella fell victim to Arch Wilson (Greg Wise), a unprincipled man who claimed to be from the nearby village. He seduced her only to vanish without a Read More

1995
A Month by the Lake

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman, Alida Valli, Alessandro Gassman

Synopsis: This romantic comedy is set upon Italy's beautiful Lake Como just before WW II erupted in Europe. British, middle-aged, but still-attractive Miss Bentley has come to the lake to visit the family resort. She has not been there since her father died and since her 14-year relationship with a married Read More

1995
One Moment in Time

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: The four-part One Moment in Time was another miniseries based on the works of H.E. Bates, of Country Matters fame. Set during WWII, the story centered upon Elizabeth (Alison Elliott), who threw caution and convention to the wind when she fell in love with RAF pilot Splodge (Robin Davies). Although Read More

1985
Love for Lydia

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Mel Martin, Jeremy Irons, Christopher Blake, Peter Davison

Synopsis: Adapted from the novel by H.E. Bates, the British miniseries Love for Lydia featured Mel Martin in the title role. A young and giddy heiress, Lydia spent the better part of the 1930s holding several eligible bachelors in her thrall. Meanwhile, long-suffering Edward Richardson (Christopher Blake) Read More

1979
The Triple Echo

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian Deacon, Anthony May, Gavin Richards

Synopsis: Set in England during WWII, this drama, also known as Soldiers in Skirts, stars Glenda Jackson as Alice, a bitter woman whose husband is captured and held as a Japanese prisoner of war. When a wandering soldier, Barton (Brian Deacon), comes by her farm, she invites him in for tea. They fall in Read More

1973
Dulcima

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Philip Marsden

Synopsis: In this melodrama, a runaway flees a bad home life and ends up working on an aging widower's farm. Time passes, and the man gradually begins falling in love with his young employee. He is just about to pop the question when she suddenly breaks his heart by running away with a handsome young Read More

1971
The Mating Game

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, Una Merkel

Synopsis: George Marshall directed this breezy romantic comedy starring Tony Randall and Debbie Reynolds. Randall plays Lorenzo Charlton, a stuffy tax investigator sent to the farm of Pop Larkin (Paul Douglas) and Ma Larkin (Una Merkel) to find out why they haven't been paying taxes. He discovers that the Read More

1959
Summertime

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin, Mari Aldon

Synopsis: Katharine Hepburn stars as Jane Hudson, an Ohio secretary on the verge of spinsterhood. Carefully saving her money, Jane takes an extended trip to Venice, half hoping to find the romance that has always eluded her. Luck of luck, she meets handsome Renato Di Rossi (Rossano Brazzi), who sweeps her Read More

1955
The Purple Plain

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Gregory Peck, Win Min Than, Bernard Lee, Maurice Denham, Ram Gopal, Lyndon Brook

Synopsis: An H.E. Bates novel was the source for this psychological wartime drama set in Burma. Canadian pilot Gregory Peck and two comrades-in-arms crash in the Burmese wilds. The three men are forced to hack and crawl their way to safety, surrounded on all sides by the Japanese. Peck's subordinates don't Read More

1954
The Loves of Joanna Godden

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum, Derek Bond, Henry Mollison, Chips Rafferty

Synopsis: Set in the early 20th century, The Loves of Joanna Godden stars Googie Withers in the title role. The heir to a prosperous farm in the Romney Marshes, the headstrong Joanna shocks and outrages her tradition-bound neighbors by running the farm herself, refusing to enter into an arranged marriage Read More

1947

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H.E. BatesFilmography

My Uncle Silas 2

Under the Sun

My Uncle Silas

Feast of July

A Month by the Lake

One Moment in Time

Love for Lydia

The Triple Echo

Dulcima

The Mating Game

Summertime

The Purple Plain

The Loves of Joanna Godden

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