death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive birthname article_title name
14 august 1957 london , united kingdom blaenavon , monmouthshire united kingdom 31 october 1871 1915 -- 1930 -lrb- films -rrb- bertram james benedict james
 benedict james
benedict james

benedict james -lrb- 1871 -- 1957 -rrb- was a british writer and screenwriter .
he worked on a number of screenplays for the ideal film company , a leading british studio , during the silent era .
his birth name was bertram james .
