Howard Estabrook

Screenwriter

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Birth Place

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Born

July 11, 1884

Died

July 16, 1978

Biography

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Academy Award-winning screenwriter Howard Estabrook led an extraordinary career in Hollywood. Estabrook started his entertainment career writing for films, including "Dressed to Kill" (1928), the drama "The Shopworn Angel" (1929) with Nancy Carroll and the adaptation "The Virginian" (1929) with Gary Cooper. He also appeared in "The Four Feathers" (1929), "Behind the Make-Up" (1930) ...

Filmography

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The Big Fisherman (1959)

Dialogue Director

Heavenly Days (1944)

Giving Becky a Chance (1917)

The Highway of Hope (1917)

The Wild Girl (1917)

The Mysteries of Myra (1916)

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Lone Star (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Moonlight Was Meant For Lovers

David Copperfield (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Brave Little Fellow

Biography

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Howard Estabrook led an extraordinary career in Hollywood. Estabrook started his entertainment career writing for films, including "Dressed to Kill" (1928), the drama "The Shopworn Angel" (1929) with Nancy Carroll and the adaptation "The Virginian" (1929) with Gary Cooper. He also appeared in "The Four Feathers" (1929), "Behind the Make-Up" (1930) and the Evelyn Brent drama "Slightly Scarlet" (1930). Estabrook won a Writing (Adaptation) Academy Award for "Cimarron" in 1931. In the latter part of his career, Estabrook wrote the dramatic musical "New Wine" (1941) with Ilona Massey, "International Lady" (1941) with George Brent and the Mickey Rooney comedic drama "The Human Comedy" (1943). He also appeared in the drama "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" (1944) with Lynn Bari. Estabrook more recently wrote "The Big Fisherman" (1959) with Howard Keel. Estabrook passed away in July 1978 at the age of 94.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Big Fisherman (1959)

Dialogue Director

Heavenly Days (1944)

Giving Becky a Chance (1917)

The Highway of Hope (1917)

The Wild Girl (1917)

Cast (Feature Film)

The Mysteries of Myra (1916)

The Closing Net (1915)

The Butterfly (1915)

Four Feathers (1915)

Captain Harry Faversham

Writer (Feature Film)

The Big Fisherman (1959)

Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)

Lone Star (1952)

Based on the Screenplay story by

The Girl from Manhattan (1948)

Original story and Screenplay

The Virginian (1946)

Heavenly Days (1944)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)

Heavenly Days (1944)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)

The Human Comedy (1943)

International Lady (1941)

New Wine (1941)

Original Screenplay

The Corsican Brothers (1941)

The Shopworn Angel (1938)

Contr to story development

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

Contract Writer

Wells Fargo (1937)

Contr to Screenplay const and dial

Way Down East (1935)

David Copperfield (1935)

Orchids to You (1935)

The Masquerader (1933)

Screenplay and Adapted

The Devil's in Love (1933)

The Bowery (1933)

Sweepings (1933)

A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

Roar of the Dragon (1932)

The Conquerors (1932)

Cimarron (1931)

Screenplay version and dial

Le fils de l'autre (1931)

Woman Hungry (1931)

Screenplay version

The Woman Between (1931)

Adapted and dial

White Shoulders (1931)

Contract Writer

Are These Our Children (1931)

Adapted and dial

Street of Chance (1930)

Double Cross Roads (1930)

The Bad Man (1930)

Amor audaz (1930)

Slightly Scarlet (1930)

Behind the Make-Up (1930)

Adapted and dial

Hell's Angels (1930)

The Bad Man (1930)

Double Cross Roads (1930)

The Virginian (1929)

The Four Feathers (1929)

She Goes to War (1929)

The Shopworn Angel (1929)

Forgotten Faces (1928)

The Port of Missing Girls (1928)

Dressed To Kill (1928)

The Port of Missing Girls (1928)

Producer (Feature Film)

Maid of Salem (1937)

Wells Fargo (1937)

Associate Producer

Play Safe (1927)

Cast (Short)

Officer 666 (1914)

Travers Gladwin

Life Events

1944

Made his directorial debut with the film "Heavenly Days"

Videos

Lone Star (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Moonlight Was Meant For Lovers Clark Gable is still not revealing his identity, as a supporter of Texas annexation sent by Andrew Jackson, but Texan Martha (Ava Gardner) has grown interested in him, separating themselves from the crowd at an Austin dinner party, with an un-credited song, in MGM's Lone Star, 1952.

David Copperfield (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Brave Little Fellow Scenes introducing young David (Freddie Bartholomew), Peggotty (Jessie Ralph) and Murdstone (Basil Rathbone), all revolving around mother Clara (Elizabeth Allen) in MGM's David Copperfield, 1935, directed by George Cukor.

Lone Star (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I'd Call Her A Lot Of Woman Clark Gable is hiding the fact that he’s an ally of (ex) President Andrew Jackson sent to advocate Texas’ annexation into the union, especially from tough cattleman Craden (Broderick Crawford), arriving in Austin, 1845, where he meets second-billed Ava Gardner as publisher Martha, in Lone Star, 1952.

Lone Star (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Annexation Means War Lionel Barrymore is a cranky, benevolent ex-president Andrew Jackson, Beulah Bondi his gal Friday, and they’re pleased that Clark Gable as Burke, supporting their plan to annex Texas, is arriving in Tennessee to wrangle spineless politicians (Charles Cane, Roy Gordon et al), early in Lone Star, 1952.

Lone Star (1952) -- (Movie Clip) You Aim To Stop Him? Clark Gable is Devereaux Burke, headed from Tennessee to Texas where he’ll be organizing support for annexation into the United States, when he gets a lucky chance to rescue a key rival (Broderick Crawford as Craden) from Indians, not revealing his identity, in Lone Star, 1952.

Human Comedy, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) I Have Been Dead For Two Years Ray Collins appears as the posthumous McCauley, hewing close to the William Saroyan novel, then Jack Jenkins as his youngest son Ulysses, then Fay Bainter, his widowed mom, artful touches in director Clarence Brown’s opening, in the film said to have been MGM boss Louis B. Mayer’s favorite, The Human Comedy, 1943.

Human Comedy, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) All The World Will Be Jealous Contemporary San Joaquin Valley, Ca., we meet neighbor Mary (Dorothy Morris) and teen sister Bess (Donna Reed), with her mom Katie (Fay Bainter) playing harp and explaining to youngest Ulysses (Jack Jenkins) about his late father, in the MGM William Saroyan tear-jerker The Human Comedy, 1943.

Human Comedy, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) People Are In Such Trouble Teen Homer (Mickey Rooney), now helping support the family after his father’s passing, has just delivered his first wartime death notice telegram, visiting with his mom (Fay Bainter), then explaining stuff for his kid brother Ulysses (Jack Jenkins), in the MGM hit The Human Comedy, 1943.

Human Comedy, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) About The Singing Telegrams Continuing the introduction of Mickey Rooney as Homer MacCauley of rural Central California, new kid at the telegraph shop, visiting with his new boss Spangler (James Craig) and the charming inebriate operator Grogan (Frank Morgan), in The Human Comedy, 1943, from the William Saroyan novel.

Corsican Brothers, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) It Wasn't A Dream Introduction of second brother, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. again, as Mario, in Paris pursuing Isabella (Ruth Warrick), tangling with De Raveneau (Henry Brandon), twin Lucien in Corsica with sympathetic pain, in The Corsican Brothers, 1941.

Corsican Brothers, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Proud And Noble Name Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as both bandit Lucien and citified Mario, surgically separated at birth, meeting with their guardians Lorenzo (J. Carrol Naish) and Dr. Paoli (H.B. Warner) revealing their history, in The Corsican Brothers, 1941, from the Alexandre Dumas story.

Corsican Brothers, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) They Were Born To Be One Dr. Paoli (H.B. Warner) has just separated the Siamese-twin Franchi sons and learned, with the DuPre's (Walter Kingsford, Nana Bryant), from Lorenzo (J. Carrol Naish) that their family has been slaughtered, whereby Lucien (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) is introduced, in The Corsican Brothers, 1941.

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