H. Bruce Humberstone

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H. Bruce Humberstone (born November 18, 1901 in Buffalo , New York , † October 11, 1984 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California ) was an American film director .

Life

Humberstone directed his first short film in 1924 and then worked mainly as an assistant director from 1926 to the early 1930s. Here he worked with directors such as Fred Niblo and Sam Taylor . From 1932 he concentrated on his own career as a director. In the same year he was involved in the episode film If I had a million , in which directors like Ernst Lubitsch and Norman Z. McLeod also staged their own episodes.

Until the late 1950s he was a busy director who also tried out different genres. In the 1930s he made four films around the character of Charlie Chan , in the 1950s several films with Tarzan as the main character. With I Wake Up Screaming (1941) Humberstone also made a contribution to film noir . In total, more than 50 productions were created under his direction.

In 1962 he directed his last feature film, Madison Avenue , after which he worked as a director for various television series until the middle of the decade.

In 1960, Humberstone was honored with a star on the Walk of Fame .

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SURNAME Humberstone, H. Bruce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Humberstone, Bruce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and television director
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1984
Place of death Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California , United States