F. Hugh Herbert
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Frederick Hugh Herbert (May 29, 1897 - May 17, 1958) was a playwright, screenwriter, novelist, short story writer, and infrequent film director. Born in Vienna, Austria, Herbert was educated at the University of London. He began his film career in 1926 with two projects starring Conrad Nagel, The Waning Sex and There You Are!, the latter adapted from his play of the same title. His screenwriting credits included Vanity Fair, Fashions of 1934; Smarty in 1934, adapted from his own play; Sitting Pretty; Dark Command; Our Very Own; The Little Hut; Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! and The Girls of Pleasure Island, the last two of which he also directed. He co-wrote a few films in which the similarly named, but unrelated actor Hugh Herbert appeared: Fashions of 1934 (1934), We're in the Money (1935) and Colleen (1936).
One of Herbert's most enduring creations was the character of American teenager Corliss Archer, who was introduced in his 1943 play Kiss and Tell and played on screen by Shirley Temple in the 1945 film adaptation. The character went on to appear in a series of magazine articles, another Temple film, and a radio and television series called Meet Corliss Archer.
Herbert's play The Moon Is Blue had a run of 924 performances on Broadway, which was adapted for the screen version produced and directed by Otto Preminger, who had been responsible for the stage production. The film adaptation, released in 1953, was controversial at the time owing to its frank language and sexual themes. When the Breen office refused to give it a Motion Picture Production Code seal of approval, United Artists opted to release the film without one, and the success of the film was instrumental in weakening the long-standing influence of the Code.
Herbert won the Writers Guild of America Award for Sitting Pretty and was nominated for The Moon is Blue. The uncle of actress Kathleen Hughes, he died in Beverly Hills.
Movies (73)
This Happy Feeling
1958 · Theatre Play
The Little Hut
1957 · Producer, Writer
The Girl on The Roof
1953 · Original Story
The Moon Is Blue
1953 · Screenplay, Theatre Play, Producer
The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953 · Director, Writer
Let's Make It Legal
1951 · Screenplay
Our Very Own
1950 · Writer
A Kiss for Corliss
1949 · Characters
Sitting Pretty
1948 · Screenplay
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948 · Screenplay, Director
Margie
1946 · Screenplay
Home Sweet Homicide
1946 · Screenplay
A Guy Could Change
1946 · Story
Kiss and Tell
1945 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
Men in Her Diary
1945 · Writer
Together Again
1944 · Screenplay
Nobody's Darling
1943 · Story
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942 · Screenplay
Fly By Night
1942 · Writer
Glamour Boy
1941 · Writer
West Point Widow
1941 · Writer
Hit Parade of 1941
1940 · Screenplay
Melody Ranch
1940 · Screenplay
Three Faces West
1940 · Screenplay
Women in War
1940 · Writer
Dark Command
1940 · Screenplay
Forgotten Girls
1940 · Screenplay
That Certain Age
1938 · Story
As Good as Married
1937 · Screenplay
The Case of the Black Cat
1936 · Screenplay
Snowed Under
1936 · Screenplay
Colleen
1936 · Screenplay
If You Could Only Cook
1935 · Story
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935 · Writer
Personal Maid's Secret
1935 · Screenplay
We're in the Money
1935 · Screenplay
People Will Talk
1935 · Story
Traveling Saleslady
1935 · Screenplay
The Secret Bride
1934 · Screenplay
The Dragon Murder Case
1934 · Screenplay
The Personality Kid
1934 · Screenplay
Smarty
1934 · Story, Screenplay
Journal of a Crime
1934 · Screenplay
Fashions of 1934
1934 · Screenplay
The Women in His Life
1933 · Screenplay
One Year Later
1933 · Story, Screenplay
Daring Daughters
1933 · Screenplay, Dialogue
The Constant Woman
1933 · Screenplay
The Penal Code
1932 · Screenplay
Those We Love
1932 · Writer
The Stoker
1932 · Writer
Vanity Fair
1932 · Screenplay
Hotel Continental
1932 · Story
The Sin Ship
1931 · Screenplay
Remote Control
1930 · Dialogue
Road to Paradise
1930 · Adaptation, Additional Dialogue
He Knew Women
1930 · Director, Writer
Vengeance
1930 · Scenario Writer
Murder on the Roof
1930 · Screenplay, Adaptation
Noisy Neighbors
1929 · Original Story
A Single Man
1929 · Screenplay
The Air Circus
1928 · Dialogue
The Baby Cyclone
1928 · Writer
The Cardboard Lover
1928 · Writer, Continuity
Hollywood Bound
1928 · Writer
The Swell Head
1928 · Writer
Baby Mine
1928 · Writer
Tea For Three
1927 · Writer
Adam and Evil
1927 · Writer
On Ze Boulevard
1927 · Writer
The Demi-Bride
1927 · Writer
There You Are!
1926 · Screenplay
The Waning Sex
1926 · Writer
TV shows (0)
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