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William Hurlbut

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Birth 13 july 1878
Death 4 may 1957 (at 78 years)

William Hurlbut est un auteur de théâtre et un scénariste américain né le 13 juillet 1883 à Belvidere, Illinois (États-Unis), décédé le 4 mai 1957 à Hollywood (États-Unis).

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Filmography of William Hurlbut (20 films)

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Adam Had Four Sons
Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
, 1h21
Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward, Fay Wray, Richard Denning, Johnny Downs
Rating65% 3.2950353.2950353.2950353.2950353.295035
Adam Stoddard (Warner Baxter) is a wealthy, easy-going family patriarch who falls on hard times after the death of his wife, Molly and a stock market crash in 1907, that wipes out his wealth. Recently arrived governess Emilie (Ingrid Bergman) works to keep the family together. But with the loss of Adam's fortune the boys are sent off to boarding school, their schooling paid for by wealthy, aged Cousin Phillipa. Emilie must return to France until Adam can afford to repurchase the family estate and recall her to look after it. Reversing his fortunes takes Adam several years. By then, the three older boys are fighting in World War I. Then, just as the family is getting back to its former way of life.
Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
, 1h11
Directed by James Whale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor
Roles Responsable de l'adaptation
Rating77% 3.8971353.8971353.8971353.8971353.897135
On a stormy night, Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Walton) and Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon) praise Mary Shelley (Elsa Lanchester) for her story of Frankenstein and his Monster. Reminding them that her intention was to impart a moral lesson, Mary says she has more of the story to tell. The scene shifts to the end of the 1931 Frankenstein.
Way Down East
Way Down East (1935)
, 1h20
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Rochelle Hudson, Henry Fonda, Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Margaret Hamilton, Louis King
Rating60% 3.046863.046863.046863.046863.04686
The story centers upon a starving, impoverished gamin who lost everything after a wicked millionaire tricked her into a marriage and impregnated her. The baby doesn't survive the ordeal and the poor girl ends up sheltered by a puritanical farm family. While there, she falls in love with the son.
It Happened in New Orleans
It Happened in New Orleans (1935)

Directed by Kurt Neumann
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Bobby Breen, May Robson, Charles Butterworth, Alan Mowbray, Benita Hume, Henry O'Neill

An orphan raised by a former slave in the South is forced to live with unfamiliar relatives in the North.
The Daring Young Man
The Daring Young Man (1935)
, 1h13
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton, Sidney Toler, Warren Hymer, Stanley Fields
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.0461853.0461853.0461853.0461853.046185
Le journaliste Don "Mac" McLane, un misogyne convaincu, a l'habitude d'avertir ses collègues sur les dangers du mariage, quand il rencontre une journaliste rivale Martha "Maddy" Allen. Il l'invite à son appartement, mais il y trouve le Colonel Baggott, un intarissable bavard.
Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life (1934)
, 1h51
Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington
Rating74% 3.7445153.7445153.7445153.7445153.744515
White widow Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert) and her daughter Jessie (Juanita Quigley as a toddler, Marilyn Knowlden as an eight-year-old) take in black housekeeper Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers) and her daughter Peola (Sebie Hendricks), whose fair complexion reveals her mixed-race ancestry. Bea exchanges room and board for work, although struggling to make ends meet. Delilah and Peola quickly become like family to Jessie and Bea. They particularly enjoy Delilah's pancakes, made from a special family recipe. Five years later, Jessie and Peola prove to be challenging children to raise: Jessie is demanding, not particularly studious, relying instead on her charm. She is the first person to call Peola "black" in a hurtful way, making it clear that their childhood idyll is doomed. Peola does not tell her classmates at school that she is "colored" and is humiliated when her mother shows up one day, revealing her secret.
One More River
One More River (1934)
, 1h28
Directed by James Whale
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Diana Wynyard, Colin Clive, Frank Lawton, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Jane Wyatt, Reginald Denny
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.3352453.3352453.3352453.3352453.335245
Clare, Lady Corven (Diana Wynyard) and Sir Gerald Corven (Colin Clive) are to all outward appearances a happily married upper class British couple. But privately, Lady Clare's husband is physically and emotionally abusive toward her, and one day she can take no more, and walks out of the relationship. Clare books passage on a ship, where she is befriended by a kind and handsome young man, Tony Croom (Frank Lawton). Though their relationship remains strictly platonic, Tony displays strong feelings for Lady Corven, which are duly noted by a private detective hired by Sir Gerald to keep tabs on his wife. Sir Gerald threatens to paint Clare's relationship with Tony in an unflattering light in court, this being a time when divorce was considered scandalous, especially among England's "privileged" classes.
Secret of the Blue Room
Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
, 1h6
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Lionel Atwill, Edward Arnold, Gloria Stuart, Paul Lukas, Onslow Stevens, William Janney
Roles Ecrivain
Rating63% 3.1923753.1923753.1923753.1923753.192375
A woman's suitor challenges his two rivals to each spend a night in a room in which several murders occurred years before at 1 a.m. The suitor, Tommy, sleeps there on the first night but disappears at 1 a.m. Then the second man sleeps there on the second night, at 12:30 a.m, he starts playing the piano, however, he is shot half an hour later.
Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field (1930)
, 1h
Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes, John Loder, Eve Southern, Tyler Brooke, Freeman Wood
Roles Novel
Rating52% 2.647392.647392.647392.647392.64739
Walter Hawker (Loder), who is married to Mildred Harker (Griffith), falls in love with another women and wants to separate from his wife without losing custody of his daughter. He frames his wife and files for divorce, and Griffith ends up losing her daughter.