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Howard Estabrook (born Howard Bolles, July 11, 1884 β 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.
Filmography
all 54
Movies 54
Writer 45
Director 4
Producer 3
The Big Fisherman (1959)
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Passion (1954)
Lone Star (1952)
The Girl from Manhattan (1948)
The Virginian (1946)
Dakota (1945)
Heavenly Days (1944)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
The Human Comedy (1943)
The Corsican Brothers (1941)
International Lady (1941)
New Wine (1941)
The Shopworn Angel (1938)
Wells Fargo (1937)
Maid of Salem (1937)
Way Down East (1935)
Orchids to You (1935)
David Copperfield (1935)
The Bowery (1933)
The Masquerader (1933)
The Devil's in Love (1933)
Sweepings (1933)
The Conquerors (1932)
Make Up (1932)
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
Roar of the Dragon (1932)
Are These Our Children? (1931)
The Woman Between (1931)
Woman Hungry (1931)
Kismet (1931)
Cimarron (1931)
Hell's Angels (1930)
Kismet (1930)
The Bad Man (1930)
Lopez, the bandit (1930)
Double Cross Roads (1930)
Slightly Scarlet (1930)
Street of Chance (1930)
Behind the Make-Up (1930)
The Virginian (1929)
She Goes to War (1929)
The Four Feathers (1929)
The Shopworn Angel (1928)
Varsity (1928)
Forgotten Faces (1928)
The Port of Missing Girls (1928)
Dressed to Kill (1928)
North Star (1925)
The Price of a Party (1924)
The Wild Girl (1917)
Giving Becky a Chance (1917)
The Mysteries of Myra (1916)
Four Feathers (1915)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1884-07-11
Deathday1978-07-16 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHoward Esterbrook
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
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