H. Bruce Humberstone

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

H. Bruce Humberstone
Humberstone in 1925
Born	(1901-11-18)November 18, 1901 Buffalo, New York, US
Died	October 11, 1984(1984-10-11) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, US
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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

Early years

Humberstone was born in Buffalo, New York, and attended Miami Military Academy in Miami, Florida.^[1]

Film

One of 28 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.

Recognition

Humberstone has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Death

Humberstone died of pneumonia in Woodland Hills, California, on October 11, 1984, aged 82,^[1] and was buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.^[2]

Partial filmography as director

• Street Scene (1931)
• The Crooked Circle (1932)
• If I Had a Million (1932) ("The Forger" segment)
• Goodbye Love (1933)
• King of the Jungle (1933)
• Merry Wives of Reno (1934)
• The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
• Three Live Ghosts (1935)
• Ladies Love Danger (1935)
• Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
• Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
• Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
• Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
• Rascals (1938)
• Checkers (1938)
• Pardon Our Nerve (1939)
• Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
• The Quarterback (1940)
• Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
• I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
• Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
• Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
• Iceland (1942)
• To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
• Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
• Pin Up Girl (1944)
• Wonder Man (1945)
• Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
• The Homestretch (1947)
• Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
• South Sea Sinner (1950)
• Happy Go Lovely (1952) British
• She's Working Her Way Through College (1953)
• The Desert Song (1953)
• Ten Wanted Men (1955)
• The Purple Mask (1955)
• Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
• Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
• Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
• Madison Avenue (1961)