F. Hugh Herbert
Writing
Born 1897-05-29
Died 1958-05-17
Vienna - Austria
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Frederick Hugh Herbert (May 29, 1897 - May 17, 1958) was a playwright, screenwriter, novelist, short story writer, and infrequent film director. Born in Vienna, Austria, Herbert was educated at the University of London. He began his film career in 1926 with two projects starring Conrad Nagel, The Waning Sex and There You Are!, the latter adapted from his play of the same title. His screenwriting credits included Vanity Fair, Fashions of 1934; Smarty in 1934, adapted from his own play; Sitting Pretty; Dark Command; Our Very Own; The Little Hut; Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! and The Girls of Pleasure Island, the last two of which he also directed. He co-wrote a few films in which the similarly named, but unrelated actor Hugh Herbert appeared: Fashions of 1934 (1934), We're in the Money (1935) and Colleen (1936).
One of Herbert's most enduring creations was the character of American teenager Corliss Archer, who was introduced in his 1943 play Kiss and Tell and played on screen by Shirley Temple in the 1945 film adaptation. The character went on to appear in a series of magazine articles, another Temple film, and a radio and television series called Meet Corliss Archer.
Herbert's play The Moon Is Blue had a run of 924 performances on Broadway, which was adapted for the screen version produced and directed by Otto Preminger, who had been responsible for the stage production. The film adaptation, released in 1953, was controversial at the time owing to its frank language and sexual themes. When the Breen office refused to give it a Motion Picture Production Code seal of approval, United Artists opted to release the film without one, and the success of the film was instrumental in weakening the long-standing influence of the Code.
Herbert won the Writers Guild of America Award for Sitting Pretty and was nominated for The Moon is Blue. The uncle of actress Kathleen Hughes, he died in Beverly Hills.
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Filmography
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Writing
55 credits
Dark Command
Let's Make It Legal
Vanity Fair
If You Could Only Cook
Sitting Pretty
Together Again
The Moon Is Blue
Noisy Neighbors
Traveling Saleslady
The Girls of Pleasure Island
That Certain Age
We're in the Money
Melody Ranch
Three Faces West
Glamour Boy
Our Very Own
Margie
Hit Parade of 1941
Personal Maid's Secret
Fashions of 1934
Forgotten Girls
One Year Later
Women in War
The Little Hut
Journal of a Crime
West Point Widow
Kiss and Tell
Men in Her Diary
Snowed Under
Colleen
Nobody's Darling
The Case of the Black Cat
Fly By Night
The Demi-Bride
The Dragon Murder Case
Smarty
The Waning Sex
The Personality Kid
The Girl on The Roof
The Cardboard Lover
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
The Baby Cyclone
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Home Sweet Homicide
The Secret Bride
There You Are!
A Guy Could Change
The Constant Woman
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
The Women in His Life
Hotel Continental
A Single Man
As Good as Married
People Will Talk
On Ze Boulevard
Acting
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The Moon Is Blue
A Kiss for Corliss
This Happy Feeling
Kiss and Tell
The Cardboard Lover
Road to Paradise
Vengeance
The Air Circus
Directing
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Producing
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