H. Bruce Humberstone (1901 - 1984)

Born 18 Nov 1901 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA

Died 11 Oct 1984 at age 82 in Woodland Hills, Los Angles, California, USA

Biography

Bruce Humberstone is Notable.

As a child, Bruce was a movie actor who eventually worked his way up to director.

Obituaries

H. Bruce Humberstone, 82;A Film Director for 30 Years UPI Published: October 18, 1984

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 17— The veteran film director H. Bruce Humberstone, who directed star vehicles for Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo and Sonja Henie during his 30-year career, has died of pneumonia at the Motion Picture Retirement Home, it was announced Tuesday. He was 82.

His film She's Working Her Way Through College, starring Miss Mayo as a burlesque queen who returns to school, also featured an appearance by Ronald Reagan. His other movies included Hello, Frisco, Hello, The Shores of Tripoli and Wonder Man.

Mr. Humberstone, nicknamed Lucky, was born in Buffalo, and began his film career as a script clerk. As a teen-ager he played juvenile roles and later served as assistant director to such greats as Cecil B. DeMille, D. W. Griffith, King Vidor and Allan Dwan.

He directed his first film in 1932 and his last, Madison Avenue, in 1962.

Mr. Humberstone is survived by a daughter. Services at the Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery will be private.

Source:

• http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/18/obituaries/h-bruce-humberstone-82-a-film-director-for-30-years.html

When H. Bruce Humberstone was being divorced from his wife, Gay, she abducted their daughter, Robin. He sought to have Gay

H. Bruce Humberstone From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Bruce Humberstone) H. Bruce Humberstone Born November 18, 1901 Buffalo, New York, USA Died October 11, 1984 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, USA Resting place Hollywood Forever Cemetery Nationality American Other names Lucky Humberstone Occupation Film director Years active 1924–1966 Employer 20th Century Fox Notable work Sun Valley Serenade I Wake Up Screaming To the Shores of Tripoli

H. Bruce "Lucky" Humberstone (November 18, 1901 – October 11, 1984) was a movie actor (as a child), a script clerk, an assistant director, working with directors such as King Vidor, Edmund Goulding and Allan Dwan and, ultimately, a director.

One of twenty-eight founders of the Directors Guild of America, Humberstone worked on several silent movie films for 20th Century Fox. Humberstone did not specialize; he worked on comedies, dramas, and melodramas. Humberstone is best known today for the seminal Film noir I Wake Up Screaming (1941) and his work on some of the Charlie Chan films. In the 1950s, Humberstone worked mostly on TV.

He retired in 1966, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died in 1984, aged 82, and was buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Bruce_Humberstone