Howard Estabrook
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor
July 11, 1884 — July 16, 1978 (94 years)
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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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1959 | |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | |
| 1944 | Heavenly Days · as Screenplay |
| 1944 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey · as Screenplay |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy · as Screenplay |
| 1941 | International Lady · as Screenplay |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady · as Contributing WriterOn Plex |
| 1937 | |
| 1935 | Way Down East · as Screenplay |
| 1935 | David Copperfield · as Screenplay |
| 1933 | The Bowery · as Screenplay |
| 1933 | The Masquerader · as Screenplay |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Sweepings · as Screenplay |
| 1932 | A Bill of Divorcement · as Screenplay |
| 1932 | Roar of the Dragon · as Screenplay |
| 1931 | |
| 1931 | |
| 1930 | Slightly Scarlet · as Screenplay |
| 1930 | |
| 1930 | |
| 1929 | The Virginian · as Screenplay |
| 1929 | |
| 1929 | The Four Feathers · as Screenplay |
| 1928 | |
| 1928 | |
| 1928 |
| 1946 | |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo · as Associate Producer |
| 1937 |
| 1915 | Four Feathers · as Captain Harry Faversham |
| 1957 | The DuPont Show of the Month · as Adaptation |
| 1955 | The Millionaire · as From A Story By |
| 1954 | Passion · as Adaptation |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre · as Teleplay |
| 1952 | Lone Star · as Story |
| 1946 | The Virginian · as Adaptation |
| 1945 | Dakota · as Adaptation |
| 1941 | The Corsican Brothers · as Adaptation |
| 1938 | The Shopworn Angel · as Contributor To Story |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo · as Contributor To Screenplay Construction And Dialogue |
| 1935 | Orchids to You · as Adaptation |
| 1932 | The Conquerors · as Story |
| 1931 | Are These Our Children · as Adaptation |
| 1930 | Hell's Angels · as Adaptation |
| 1930 | Kismet · as Adaptation |