F. Hugh Herbert

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Frederick Hugh Herbert (born May 29, 1887 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † May 17, 1958 in Beverly Hills , California , United States ) was a British-American screenwriter and writer .

Live and act

Herbert came to England at a very young age and attended the Gresham School in Norfolk. As a young adult he began studying at the University of London. After graduating, Herbert began writing pieces including There You Are !, The Poseur, Carry Me Upstairs, and Kiss and Tell . Quiet, Please! Was played on Broadway in New York from 1940 to 1956 . (1940), Kiss and Tell (1943 to 1945), For Keeps (1944), For Love or Money (1947 to 1948), The Moon is Blue (1951 to 1953), A Girl Can Tell (1953) and most recently the Megaflop The Best of Naples , which was canceled after only two days of playing at the end of October 1956. Herbert also regularly supplied magazines with his stories. Some of his works, including There You Are, Smarty, Kiss and Tell, The Moon is Blue and most recently For Love or Money have also been made into films. Almost all of these were comedies and comedies, and mostly Herbert also wrote the script for these adaptations.

F. Hugh Herbert has been a screenwriter since 1926, when the MGM signed him. Initially, in the days of the silent movies, he preferred to supply Robert Z. Leonard's light-handed productions . In this field of activity, too, the turbulent ( Belvedere, the misunderstood genius ) or slightly piquant ( clouds are everywhere ) comedy was Herbert's preferred subject, in which he was sometimes able to achieve great success with the audience. The sexually allusive dialogues in clouds are everywhere brought this film, directed by Otto Preminger , some considerable difficulties with the censorship in ultra-prude America of the 1950s. Herbert's excursions into the dramatic field (such as the crime thriller Murder on the Roof or the Western Black Command ) were very rare. F. Hugh Herbert also directed or was responsible for producing two films towards the end of his career.

Awards

Herbert received the WGA Award in 1949 for his screenplay for Belvedere, the misunderstood genius . In 1954, he received another WGA nomination for his work on clouds are everywhere .

Filmography

as a screenwriter unless otherwise stated

  • 1926: The Waning Sex
  • 1926: There You Are!
  • 1927: Just don't let up (The Demi-Bride)
  • 1927: Adam and Evil
  • 1927: At the tea table (Tea for Three)
  • 1927: Quick, a baby! (Baby mine)
  • 1928: The Baby Cyclone
  • 1928: Beau Broadway
  • 1928: The Cardboard Lover
  • 1928: Lights of New York
  • 1929: A Single Man
  • 1929: Murder on the Roof
  • 1930: Road to Yesterday
  • 1930: Road to Paradise
  • 1932: Vanity Fair
  • 1932: The Stoker
  • 1932: Those We Love
  • 1932: Parisian Love
  • 1933: The Constant Woman
  • 1933: One Year Later
  • 1933: Casanova by candlelight ( By Candlelight)
  • 1933: Daring Daughters
  • 1933: The Model Thief (Fashions of 1934)
  • 1934: Smarty
  • 1934: The Journal of a Crime
  • 1934: The Secret Bride
  • 1935: Traveling Saleslady
  • 1935: Personal Maid's Secret
  • 1935: We're in the Money
  • 1936: Colleen
  • 1936: Snowed Under
  • 1937: As Good as Married
  • 1938: The Road to Reno
  • 1939: Forgotten Girls
  • 1940: Dark Command (Dark Command)
  • 1940: Hit Parade of 1941
  • 1940: Melody Ranch
  • 1941: West Point Widow (also dialogue director)
  • 1941: Fly-by-Night
  • 1942: My Heart Belongs to Daddy
  • 1944. Model Against Will (Together Again)
  • 1945: kisses and don't hide anything from me! (Kiss and tell)
  • 1946: Home Sweet Homicide
  • 1946: Margie
  • 1947: Belvedere, the misunderstood genius (Sitting Pretty)
  • 1948: Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (also direction)
  • 1950: Our own self (Our Very Own)
  • 1951: Let's Make It Legal
  • 1953: The Girls of Pleasure Island (also director)
  • 1953: Clouds are everywhere (The Moon Is Blue) (also co-production)
  • 1957: The Little Hut (also co-production)
  • 1958: Men over forty (This Happy Feeling)

literature

  • International Motion Picture Almanac 1965, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1964, p. 127
  • Ephraim Katz : The Film Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition. Revised by Fred Klein and Ronald Dean Nolen. New York 2001, p. 621

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personal data
SURNAME Herbert, F. Hugh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herbert, Frederick Hugh (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American screenwriter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH 17th May 1958
Place of death Beverly Hills , California , United States