# Lydia Hayward

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{{Short description|British screenwriter and actress (1879–1945)}}
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| name         = Lydia Hayward
| birth_date   = 12 October 1879
| birth_place  = Sheffield, England
| death_date   = {{death date and age|3 June 1945|12 October 1879}}
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| occupation   = [Screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter)
| years_active = 1920–1942 
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'''Lydia Hayward''' (1879–1945) was a British [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) and actress who worked on over 30 screenplays between 1920 and 1942. She was particularly active during the 1920s.<ref>Nelmes p.49</ref> Hayward has been noted for several of the sophisticated comedy films she wrote for during the decade. She was married to the director [Manning Haynes](/source/Manning_Haynes) with whom she frequently collaborated, as well as Australian actor [William Freshman](/source/William_Freshman).

==Selected filmography==
* ''[Pillars of Society](/source/Pillars_of_Society_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[Three Men in a Boat](/source/Three_Men_in_a_Boat_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[Monty Works the Wires](/source/Monty_Works_the_Wires)'' (1921)
* ''[The Skipper's Wooing](/source/The_Skipper's_Wooing)'' (1922)
* ''[A Bachelor's Baby](/source/A_Bachelor's_Baby)'' (1922)
* ''[The Head of the Family](/source/The_Head_of_the_Family_(1922_film))'' (1922)
* ''[The Monkey's Paw](/source/The_Monkey's_Paw_(1923_film))'' (1923)
* ''[Not for Sale](/source/Not_for_Sale_(film))'' (1924)
* ''[Dixon's Return](/source/Dixon's_Return)'' (1924)
* ''[We Women](/source/We_Women)'' (1925)
* ''[Confessions](/source/Confessions_(1925_film))'' (1925)
*''[The Gold Cure](/source/The_Gold_Cure_(1925_film))'' (1925)
* ''[Carry On](/source/Carry_On_(film))'' (1927)
* ''[Passion Island](/source/Passion_Island_(film))'' (1927)
* ''[Somehow Good](/source/Somehow_Good)'' (1927)
* ''[Second to None](/source/Second_to_None_(film))'' (1927)
* ''[The Ware Case](/source/The_Ware_Case_(1928_film))'' (1928)
* ''[A Peep Behind the Scenes](/source/A_Peep_Behind_the_Scenes_(1929_film))'' (1929)
* ''[Bitter Sweet](/source/Bitter_Sweet_(1933_film))'' (1933)
* ''[Mrs. Dane's Defence](/source/Mrs._Dane's_Defence_(1933_film))'' (1933)
* ''[Love's Old Sweet Song](/source/Love's_Old_Sweet_Song_(1933_film))'' (1933)
* ''[The Missing People](/source/The_Missing_People)'' (1940)
* ''[The Man at the Gate](/source/The_Man_at_the_Gate)'' (1941)
* ''[You Will Remember](/source/You_Will_Remember)'' (1941)
* ''[Hard Steel](/source/Hard_Steel)'' (1942)

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997.
* Nelmes, Jill. ''Analysing the Screenplay''. Taylor & Francis, 2011.
* Hunter, I.Q. & Porter, Laraine. ''British Comedy Cinema''. Routledge, 2012.

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0371776}}

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