Howard Estabrook
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- July 11, 1884
- Died
- July 16, 1978 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Howard Estabrook (born Howard Bolles, July 11, 1884 – July 16, 1978) was an American actor, film director and producer, and screenwriter. Born Howard Bolles in Detroit, Michigan, Howard Estabrook began his career in 1904 as a stage actor in New York. He made his film debut in 1914 during the silent era, and would go on to appear in several features including Four Feathers. Estabrook left films in 1916 for a try at the business world, but returned in 1921. Estabrook took on executive positions with various studios, and eventually began producing films in 1924. He soon found his calling in screenwriting. He was responsible for several of what have come to be regarded as classics of Hollywood including Hell's Angels (1930) and Street of Chance (1930), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. The following year, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Cimarron, starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne. In 1935, he (along with Hugh Walpole and Lenore J. Coffee) adapted the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield for the 1935 film version starring W. C. Fields and Lionel Barrymore. Estabrook continued in his screenwriting career for three decades, as well as directing and producing films before his death on July 16, 1978 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.
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Filmography
The Big Fisherman
Movie · Writer
Passion
Movie · Adaptation
Cattle Queen of Montana
Movie · Screenplay
Lone Star
Movie · Story
The Girl from Manhattan
Movie · Writer
The Virginian
Movie · Adaptation
Dakota
Movie · Adaptation
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Movie · Adaptation, Screenplay
Heavenly Days
Movie · Screenplay, Story
The Human Comedy
Movie · Screenplay
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · Adaptation
New Wine
Movie · Writer
International Lady
Movie · Screenplay
Maid of Salem
Movie · Writer
David Copperfield
Movie · Screenplay
Way Down East
Movie · Screenplay
The Devil's in Love
Movie · Writer
The Bowery
Movie · Screenplay
The Masquerader
Movie · Screenplay
Sweepings
Movie · Screenplay
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie · Screenplay
Roar of the Dragon
Movie · Screenplay
Make Up
Movie · Screenplay
The Conquerors
Movie · Story
Cimarron
Movie · Writer
Are These Our Children?
Movie · Adaptation
The Woman Between
Movie · Writer
Kismet
Movie · Screenplay
Woman Hungry
Movie · Screenplay
Kismet
Movie · Adaptation, Dialogue
Street of Chance
Movie · Writer
Behind the Make-Up
Movie · Writer
The Bad Man
Movie · Writer
Double Cross Roads
Movie · Writer
Hell's Angels
Movie · Adaptation
Slightly Scarlet
Movie · Screenplay
Lopez, le bandit
Movie · Writer
She Goes to War
Movie · Writer
The Virginian
Movie · Screenplay
The Four Feathers
Movie · Screenplay
The Shopworn Angel
Movie · Writer
Varsity
Movie · Writer
The Port of Missing Girls
Movie · Screenplay
Forgotten Faces
Movie · Writer
Dressed to Kill
Movie · Writer