Compton Mackenzie
Scottish writer, cultural commentator, raconteur and nationalist (1883-1972) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist.
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Catherine Lacey Also in Whisky Galore! and Rockets Galore
George Cukor Directed Sylvia Scarlett (1935)- Alexander Mackendrick Directed Whisky Galore! (1949)
Basil Dearden Produced Rockets Galore (1958)
Michael Balcon Produced Whisky Galore! (1949)- Jean Cadell Also in Whisky Galore! and Rockets Galore
Basil Radford Also in Whisky Galore! and Chance of a Lifetime
Pandro S. Berman Produced Sylvia Scarlett (1935)- Michael Relph Directed Rockets Galore (1958)
Duncan Macrae Also in Whisky Galore! and Rockets Galore
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He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the National Party of Scotland along with Hugh MacDiarmid, Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in the 1952 Birthday Honours List.
