London Screen

London Screen was a film distribution company that worked in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Dimitri de Grunwald had set up a new production and distribution consortium, the International Film Consortium, a co op of independent film distributors throughout the world. They raised finance for a series of films produced by London Screenplays Ltd – The McMasters, Perfect Friday, The Virgin and the Gypsy, The Last Grenade, and Connecting Rooms.^[1][2]

The Winthrop Lawrence Group signed to distribute London Screenplay's films in the US.^[3]

The films were financed by raising money from distributors. The financing was underwritten by $24 million in risk money from Morgan Grenfell and Company.^[1] Morgan Grenfell later cut off credit to London Screenplays until they were paid back.^[4]

London Screenplays Limited went into liquidation in 1975.^[5]

Filmography

• Shalako (1968)
• The Girl Couldn't Say No (1968)^[6]
• The McMasters (1970)
• Perfect Friday (1970)
• The Virgin and the Gypsy (1971)
• The Last Grenade
• Connecting Rooms (1970)
• A Time for Loving (1971)
• Captain Apache (1971)
• Murphy's War (1971)

Unmade Films

• adaptation of Brave New World by Milton Sperling^[1]
• Chicago 7 based on William P McGivern novel The Seven File (1968)^[7]
• comedy thriller Getting Rid of Mr Straker from producer-director Melvin Frank
• Them and Us – a story of student revolution
• A Soldier's Story – story about two teenagers written by Martin Zweilback