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F. Hugh Herbert is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Continuity Autrichien born on 29 may 1897 at Vienna (Austria)
F. Hugh Herbert est un scénariste, réalisateur, producteur, compositeur et acteur américain né le 29 mai 1897 à Vienne (Autriche), mort le 17 mai 1958 à Beverly Hills (États-Unis).
(1940)
(Writer)
(1948)
(Scriptwriter)
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The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
, 1h35Directed by F. Hugh Herbert, Alvin Ganzer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Don Taylor, Leo Genn, Gene Barry, Elsa Lanchester, Philip Ober, Audrey Dalton
Rating57%
In 1945, Roger Halyard is a stiff-upper-lipped British gentleman who lives on a South Pacific island with his three nubile, naive daughters, Violet, Hester and Gloria. Hoping to shelter the girls from the lascivious advances of the opposite sex, Halyard is thwarted when 1,500 Marines arrive to transform the island into an aircraft landing base. Despite the best efforts of Halyard, his housekeeper Thelma, and Marine Colonel Reade, romance blossoms between the three girls and a trio of handsome leathernecks.
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)
, 1h35Directed by F. Hugh Herbert
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors June Haver, Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan, Anne Revere, Natalie Wood, Robert Karnes
Rating59%
Farmer Milt Dominy (Henry Hull) and his son Daniel (Lon McCallister), who is called "Snug", commiserate with each other about their loathing of Judith (Anne Revere), Milt's second wife, and her brutish son Stretch (Robert Karnes). Milt decides to return to the sea while Snug takes a job as a hired hand with a neighboring farmer, Robert "Roarer" McGill (Tom Tully), with whose daughter, Rad (June Haver), he is in love, although the daughter gets her kicks out of keeping him guessing about her true feelings. Her father neither encourages nor endorses the courtship.
Melody Ranch (1940)
, 1h24Directed by Sol C. Siegel, Joseph Santley, F. Hugh Herbert
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller, Barton MacLane, Jerome Cowan, George "Gabby" Hayes
Rating61%
Gene Autry (Gene Autry) returns to his hometown of Torpedo as guest of honor at the Frontier Days Celebration, where he meets his childhood enemies, the Wildhack brothers—Mark (Barton MacLane), Jasper (Joe Sawyer), and Bud (Horace McMahon)—who are now local gangsters. The Wildhacks own a saloon next door to the school, and when their shooting and brawling endangers the safety of the children, Gene protests and threatens to expose them during his next radio broadcast. The Wildhacks stop the broadcast and beat Gene up.
He Knew Women (1930)
, 1h5Directed by Hugh Herbert, F. Hugh Herbert
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lowell Sherman, Alice Joyce, David Manners
Rating49%
Geoffrey Clarke is a poor poet, who has his eyes on the fortune of a rich widow, Alice Frayne, in order to keep him in the lifestyle he feels he deserves. Geoffrey is pursued, however, by the young and lovely, yet poor, Monica Grey. Monica, in turn, is pursued by the chemist, Austin Lowe.
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This Happy Feeling (1958)
, 1h32Directed by Blake Edwards
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Curd Jürgens, John Saxon, Alexis Smith, Mary Astor, Estelle Winwood
Roles Theatre Play
Rating58%
Nita Holloway, a woman romantically involved with veteran actor Preston "Mitch" Mitchell, tries to persuade him to come out of retirement to appear in a Broadway play as the father of a character played by a new teen idol, Tony Manza.
The Little Hut (1957)
, 1h30Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on Robinson Crusoe, Films based on plays
Actors Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, David Niven, Finlay Currie, Walter Chiari, Jack Lambert
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Sir Philip Ashlow (Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Susan Ashlow (Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island.
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
, 1h39Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films based on plays, Films about virginity
Actors William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully, Tom Tully, Fortunio Bonanova
Roles Theatre Play
Rating66%
A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the top of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his apartment. There she meets Donald's upstairs neighbors, his ex-fiancée Cynthia and her father, roguish David Slater.
The Girl on The Roof (1953)
, 1h30Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Hardy Krüger, Johannes Heesters, Johanna Matz, Tom Tully, Tom Tully, Dawn Addams
Roles Original Story
Rating59%
A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his apartment. There she meets Donald's upstairs neighbors, his ex-fiancée Cynthia and her father, roguish David Slader. Both men are determined to bed the young woman, but they quickly discover Patty is more interested in engaging in spirited discussions about the pressing moral and sexual issues of the day than surrendering her virginity to either one of them. After resisting their amorous advances throughout the night, Patty leaves and returns to the Empire State Building, where Donald finds her and proposes marriage.
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
, 1h35Directed by F. Hugh Herbert, Alvin Ganzer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Don Taylor, Leo Genn, Gene Barry, Elsa Lanchester, Philip Ober, Audrey Dalton
Roles Writer
Rating57%
In 1945, Roger Halyard is a stiff-upper-lipped British gentleman who lives on a South Pacific island with his three nubile, naive daughters, Violet, Hester and Gloria. Hoping to shelter the girls from the lascivious advances of the opposite sex, Halyard is thwarted when 1,500 Marines arrive to transform the island into an aircraft landing base. Despite the best efforts of Halyard, his housekeeper Thelma, and Marine Colonel Reade, romance blossoms between the three girls and a trio of handsome leathernecks.
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
, 1h17Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Zachary Scott, Barbara Bates, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Wagner
Rating60%
Hugh (Macdonald Carey) and Miriam Halsworth (Claudette Colbert) are in the final stages of their divorce procedure. Miriam wants to separate because he's addicted to gambling - although he often wins. She's living with her daughter Barbara (Barbara Bates), her son-in-law Jerry Denham (Robert Wagner) and her little grandchild. Hugh, who's living at the hotel where he works, makes a fuss with the gardener about his rosebushes.
Our Very Own (1950)
, 1h33Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Jane Wyatt, Ann Dvorak, Donald Cook
Roles Writer
Rating66%
Los Angeles teenager Gail Macaulay is going steady with deliveryman Chuck, a relationship that sparks jeaolusy in her younger sister Joan. When Joan needs her birth certificate in order to obtain summer employment, her mother Lois tells her to look in a box in her dresser, where the girl discovers Gail's adoption papers.
A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Aldrich, Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Shirley Temple, David Niven, Tom Tully, Gloria Holden, Darryl Hickman, Robert Ellis
Roles Characters
Rating58%
Corliss Archer (Shirley Temple) is an impulsive teenager who harbors a crush on notorious playboy Kenneth Marquis (David Niven), who has already been to the altar many times and to the boudoir many more. So moonstruck is she by Marquis (who barely acknowledges her existence) that Corliss begins writing down her imaginary romantic trysts with him in her diary. Naturally, the book falls into the hands of Corliss' parents (Tom Tully and Gloria Holden), who believe every word...especially when Marquis, evidently hoping to teach Corliss a lesson, "verifies" that the diary speaks the truth.
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)
, 1h35Directed by F. Hugh Herbert
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors June Haver, Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan, Anne Revere, Natalie Wood, Robert Karnes
Rating59%
Farmer Milt Dominy (Henry Hull) and his son Daniel (Lon McCallister), who is called "Snug", commiserate with each other about their loathing of Judith (Anne Revere), Milt's second wife, and her brutish son Stretch (Robert Karnes). Milt decides to return to the sea while Snug takes a job as a hired hand with a neighboring farmer, Robert "Roarer" McGill (Tom Tully), with whose daughter, Rad (June Haver), he is in love, although the daughter gets her kicks out of keeping him guessing about her true feelings. Her father neither encourages nor endorses the courtship.
Sitting Pretty (1948)
, 1h23Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb, Richard Haydn, Ed Begley, Randy Stuart
Rating73%
Lawyer Harry (Robert Young) and his wife Tacey King (Maureen O'Hara) have trouble retaining a nanny for their three young rambunctious boys. When the latest in a string of servants quits, Tacey advertises and hires Lynn Belvedere sight unseen, only to find out that Lynn is a dapper older man (Clifton Webb), one with many skills and achievements. Despite their misgivings (and Belvedere's declaration that he detests children), the Kings reluctantly agree to a trial period. Belvedere quickly wins over the kids, although his superior attitude annoys Harry.
Home Sweet Homicide (1946)
, 1h30Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Peggy Ann Garner, Randolph Scott, Lynn Bari, Dean Stockwell, James Gleason, Shepperd Strudwick
Rating71%
Marian Carstairs, veuve et auteur de roman policier, est très occupée à terminer son dernier roman. Pendant ce temps, ses trois enfants se trouvent mêlés à une enquête policière. Ces derniers feront tout pour rapprocher leur mère du détective chargé de l'affaire.