St. John Legh Clowes
# St. John Legh Clowes

St. John Legh Clowes (1907–1951) was a South African writer and director.

## Biography

Clowes wrote the play Dear Murderer which was turned into a film.

His parents - Captain Philip Cecil Clowes and Daphne Scholz, were married in Cape Town in 1903. (Daphne's sister Avice married actor/writer Roland Pertwee in 1911.) His grandfather, and namesake, was married to Elizabeth Caroline Bingham, the daughter of Denis Arthur Bingham, 3rd Baron Clanmorris. His paternal aunt was the writer Elinor Mordaunt.

Clowes died in London in 1951.

## Select credits

* Frozen Fate (1929) – writer
* Grand Prix (1934) – writer, director
* Soldier, Sailor (1944) – writer
* Battle for Music (1945) – writer
* Dear Murderer (1947) – original play
* Things Happen at Night (1948) – producer, writer
* No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) – writer, director
