F. Hugh Herbert
Writing
Born: May 29, 1897 · Vienna - Austria
Died: May 17, 1958 (aged 60)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Directing (4)
Writing (76)
We're in the Money
Screenplay
Let's Make It Legal
Screenplay
The Moon Is Blue
Theatre Play
The Moon Is Blue
Screenplay
Dark Command
Screenplay
If You Could Only Cook
Story
A Kiss for Corliss
Characters
Sitting Pretty
Screenplay
Vanity Fair
Screenplay
Journal of a Crime
Screenplay
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Writer
Men in Her Diary
Writer
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Screenplay
Personal Maid's Secret
Screenplay
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Screenplay
The Dragon Murder Case
Screenplay
A Guy Could Change
Story
The Girl on The Roof
Original Story
Fashions of 1934
Screenplay
Forgotten Girls
Screenplay
As Good as Married
Screenplay
Three Faces West
Screenplay
Hit Parade of 1941
Screenplay
This Happy Feeling
Theatre Play
Our Very Own
Writer
Melody Ranch
Screenplay
The Women in His Life
Screenplay
The Case of the Black Cat
Screenplay
Noisy Neighbors
Original Story
The Little Hut
Writer
Margie
Screenplay
Together Again
Screenplay
That Certain Age
Story
Murder on the Roof
Screenplay
Murder on the Roof
Adaptation
Fly By Night
Writer
Home Sweet Homicide
Screenplay
One Year Later
Screenplay
One Year Later
Story
Smarty
Story
Smarty
Screenplay
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Writer
West Point Widow
Writer
Colleen
Screenplay
Kiss and Tell
Theatre Play
Kiss and Tell
Screenplay
The Penal Code
Screenplay
Nobody's Darling
Story
The Personality Kid
Screenplay
Women in War
Writer
Glamour Boy
Writer
Remote Control
Dialogue
Road to Paradise
Adaptation
The Waning Sex
Writer
Those We Love
Writer
The Constant Woman
Screenplay
People Will Talk
Story
Snowed Under
Screenplay
The Secret Bride
Screenplay
The Air Circus
Dialogue
Hotel Continental
Story
The Cardboard Lover
Writer
The Demi-Bride
Writer
Daring Daughters
Screenplay
Daring Daughters
Dialogue
Traveling Saleslady
Screenplay
The Baby Cyclone
Writer
A Single Man
Screenplay
Baby Mine
Writer
The Sin Ship
Screenplay
Tea For Three
Writer
The Stoker
Writer
Vengeance
Scenario Writer
Hollywood Bound
Writer
The Swell Head
Writer
He Knew Women
Writer