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Birthday:
1897-05-29
Place of birth:
Vienna - Austria
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F. Hugh Herbert

Overview

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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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Directing
1953 The Girls of Pleasure Island Directing Director 58
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1948 Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! Directing Director 58
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1930 He Knew Women Directing Director 58
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1928 The Cardboard Lover Directing Continuity 58
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Writing
1958 This Happy Feeling Writing Theatre Play 58
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1957 The Little Hut Writing Writer 59
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1953 The Girl on The Roof Writing Original Story 58
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1953 The Moon Is Blue Writing Theatre Play 59
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1953 The Moon Is Blue Writing Screenplay 59
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1953 The Girls of Pleasure Island Writing Writer 58
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1951 Let's Make It Legal Writing Screenplay 59
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1950 Our Very Own Writing Writer 59
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1949 A Kiss for Corliss Writing Characters 58
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1948 Sitting Pretty Writing Screenplay 60
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1948 Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! Writing Screenplay 58
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1946 Margie Writing Screenplay 59
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1946 Home Sweet Homicide Writing Screenplay 58
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1946 A Guy Could Change Writing Story N/A
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1945 Kiss and Tell Writing Screenplay 59
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1945 Kiss and Tell Writing Theatre Play 59
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1945 Men in Her Diary Writing Writer N/A
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1944 Together Again Writing Screenplay 58
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1943 Nobody's Darling Writing Story N/A
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1942 My Heart Belongs to Daddy Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 Fly-By-Night Writing Writer 59
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1941 Glamour Boy Writing Writer 59
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1941 West Point Widow Writing Writer 59
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1940 Hit Parade of 1941 Writing Screenplay 59
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1940 Melody Ranch Writing Screenplay 58
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1940 Three Faces West Writing Screenplay 58
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1940 Women in War Writing Writer 58
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1940 Dark Command Writing Screenplay 59
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1940 Forgotten Girls Writing Screenplay 58
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1938 That Certain Age Writing Story 58
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1937 As Good as Married Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 The Case of the Black Cat Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 Snowed Under Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 Colleen Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 If You Could Only Cook Writing Story 59
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1935 The Widow from Monte Carlo Writing Writer 58
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1935 Personal Maid's Secret Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 We're in the Money Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 People Will Talk Writing Story 58
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1935 Traveling Saleslady Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 The Secret Bride Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 The Dragon Murder Case Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 The Personality Kid Writing Screenplay 58
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1934 Smarty Writing Screenplay 58
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1934 Smarty Writing Story 58
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1934 Journal of a Crime Writing Screenplay 58
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1934 Fashions of 1934 Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 The Women in His Life Writing Screenplay 58
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1933 One Year Later Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 One Year Later Writing Story 59
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1933 Daring Daughters Writing Screenplay N/A
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1933 Daring Daughters Writing Dialogue N/A
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1933 The Constant Woman Writing Screenplay 58
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1932 The Penal Code Writing Screenplay 59
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1932 Those We Love Writing Writer 59
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1932 The Stoker Writing Writer N/A
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1932 Vanity Fair Writing Screenplay 58
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1932 Hotel Continental Writing Story 59
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1931 The Sin Ship Writing Screenplay 59
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1930 Remote Control Writing Dialogue 58
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1930 Road to Paradise Writing Adaptation 58
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1930 He Knew Women Writing Writer 58
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1930 Vengeance Writing Scenario Writer 58
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1930 Murder on the Roof Writing Adaptation N/A
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1930 Murder on the Roof Writing Screenplay N/A
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1929 A Single Man Writing Screenplay N/A
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1928 The Air Circus Writing Dialogue N/A
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1928 The Baby Cyclone Writing Writer N/A
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1928 The Cardboard Lover Writing Writer 58
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1928 Hollywood Bound Writing Writer N/A
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1928 The Swell Head Writing Writer N/A
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1928 Baby Mine Writing Writer N/A
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1927 Adam and Evil Writing Writer N/A
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1927 On Ze Boulevard Writing Writer N/A
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1927 The Demi-Bride Writing Writer N/A
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1926 There You Are! Writing Screenplay N/A
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1926 The Waning Sex Writing Writer 58
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Production
1957 The Little Hut Production Producer 59
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1953 The Moon Is Blue Production Producer 59
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Crew
1930 Road to Paradise Crew Additional Dialogue 58
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