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Charles Herbert Frend (21 November 1909, Pulborough, Sussex – 8 January 1977, London) was an English film director and editor, best known for his films produced at Ealing Studios. He began directing in the early 1940s and is known for such films as Scott of the Antarctic (1948) and The Cruel Sea (1953).
Charles Frend. Director: The Third Key. British director Charles Frend started his film career as an editor, and worked on several Alfred Hitchcock films, including Secret Agent (1936) and Young and Innocent (1937).
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Jan 9, 1977 · LONDON, Jan. 8 (Reuters) — Charles Frend, a British film producer best known for “The Cruel Sea,” died in a hospital here today after a long illness. He was 67 years old. A few days before...
Charles Frend was born in Pulborough, Sussex on 21 November 1909. He was educated at Kings School, Canterbury and Oxford University, where he was film critic for the university magazine Isis. He began his career in the cutting rooms of British International Pictures in 1931.
Charles Frend tends to be overlooked when it comes to listing influential directors, but his work is fundamental in establishing the Ealing community ethos and creating the blueprint for putting British stiff-upper-lippery on screen.
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Oxford-educated moviemaker Charles Frend began as a film editor, splicing together the British Hitchcock efforts Waltzes From Vienna (1933), Secret Agent (1936), Sabotage (1936) and Young and Innocent (1937).
The film was directed by Charles Frend, who had made two previous war films for Ealing and would later direct another naval-themed classic, The Cruel Sea (1953). When Frend fell ill during the shoot, screenwriter Robert Hamer took over, making an auspicious (and uncredited) film debut.
