Howard Estabrook

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 Hells 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