Known For
Writing
Born
Jul 11, 1884
Died
Jul 16, 1978
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Credits
55 titles
Howard Estabrook
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Big Fisherman
Writer
Cattle Queen of Montana
Screenplay
Passion
Adaptation
Lone Star
Story
The Girl from Manhattan
Writer
The Virginian
Adaptation
Dakota
Adaptation
Heavenly Days
Director
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Adaptation
The Human Comedy
Screenplay
The Corsican Brothers
Adaptation
International Lady
Screenplay
New Wine
Writer
The Cowboy and the Lady
Additional Writing
Wells Fargo
Associate Producer
Maid of Salem
Writer
Way Down East
Screenplay
David Copperfield
Screenplay
The Bowery
Screenplay
The Masquerader
Screenplay
The Devil's in Love
Writer
Sweepings
Screenplay
The Conquerors
Story
Make Up
Screenplay
A Bill of Divorcement
Screenplay
Roar of the Dragon
Screenplay
Are These Our Children?
Director
The Woman Between
Writer
Woman Hungry
Screenplay
Kismet
Screenplay
Cimarron
Writer
Hell's Angels
Adaptation
Kismet
Adaptation
The Bad Man
Writer
Lopez, le bandit
Writer
Double Cross Roads
Writer
Slightly Scarlet
Screenplay
Street of Chance
Writer
Behind the Make-Up
Writer
The Virginian
Screenplay
She Goes to War
Writer
The Four Feathers
Screenplay
The Shopworn Angel
Writer
Varsity
Writer
Forgotten Faces
Writer
The Port of Missing Girls
Screenplay
Dressed to Kill
Writer
North Star
Producer
The Wild Girl
Director
Giving Becky a Chance
Director