Howard Estabrook
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Howard Estabrook | |
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| Born | Howard Bolles July 11, 1884 |
| Died | July 16, 1978 (aged 94) |
| Occupations | Actor, director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1904–1959 |
Howard Estabrook (born Howard Bolles, July 11, 1884 – July 16, 1978) was an American actor, film director and producer, and screenwriter.
Biography
[edit | edit source]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,[2] 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.
Selected filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1914 | Officer 666 | Travers Gladwin | |
| 1915 | M'Liss | John Gray | |
| 1916 | The Mysteries of Myra | Dr. Payson Alden | |
| 1917 | Giving Becky a Chance | -
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Director |
| 1924 | The Price of a Party | -
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Producer |
| 1925 | North Star | -
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Producer |
| 1928 | The Shopworn Angel | -
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Writer |
| 1928 | Forgotten Faces | Writer | |
| 1929 | The Four Feathers | -
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Writer |
| 1930 | The Bad Man | -
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Writer |
| 1930 | Slightly Scarlet | Writer | |
| 1931 | Are These Our Children? | -
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Adaptation and dialogue Director (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | A Bill of Divorcement | -
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Screenplay |
| 1933 | The Bowery | -
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Writer |
| 1935 | Way Down East | -
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Writer |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo | -
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Producer |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | -
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Contributing writer, uncredited |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | -
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Writer |
| 1944 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | -
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Adaptation, screenplay |
| 1945 | Dakota | -
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Adaptation |
| 1946 | The Virginian | -
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Adaptation |
| 1948 | The Girl from Manhattan | -
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Screenplay, story |
| 1952 | Lone Star | -
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Story |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana | -
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Screenplay |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | -
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Writer |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | The Millionaire | -
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Writer, 1 episode |
| 1959 | DuPont Show of the Month | -
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Writer, 1 episode |
Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 1930 | 3rd Academy Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |
| 1931 | 4th Academy Awards | Won |
References
[edit | edit source]External links
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- Howard Estabrook at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Howard Estabrook at IMDb
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- Howard Estabrook papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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- 1884 births
- 1978 deaths
- Film producers from Michigan
- American male screenwriters
- American male silent film actors
- American male stage actors
- Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners
- Male actors from Detroit
- American silent film directors
- Film directors from Michigan
- 20th-century American male actors
- Pseudonymous film directors
- Screenwriters from Michigan
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- American film actor, 1880s birth stubs
- American film director, 1880s birth stubs