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His stage plays include 1929's The Lady With The Lamp, based on the life of Florence Nightingale and starring Edith Evans in the title role, and 1931's The Man I Killed, which was adapted for the screen as Broken Lullaby the following year. His screenwriting credits include Dreyfus (1931), Cavalcade (1933), The World Moves On (1934), Carolina (1934) and Nurse Edith Cavell (1939).
He died in 1935 in the Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles aged 44 from pneumonia following a major operation. He was residing at 606 North Crescent Drive, Beverley Hills. He had married Gwendoline Cock in 1914 and Clara Hildegarde Digby in 1926.
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