Howard Estabrook

Howard Estabrook was born on Jul 11, 1884 in USA. Howard Estabrook's big-screen debut came with The Butterfly directed by O.A.C. Lund in 1915, strarring John Butler. Howard Estabrook is known for David Copperfield directed by George Cukor, Edna May Oliver stars as Aunt Betsey and Elizabeth Allan as Mrs. Copperfield. Howard Estabrook has got 1 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Howard Estabrook achieved is Academy Awards, USA. The upcoming new movie Howard Estabrook plays is The Big Fisherman which will be released on Aug 04, 1959.

Detroit-born Howard Estabrook entered show business as a stage actor in New York in 1904. He appeared in several films starting in 1914 and even directed a few in 1917. He left films for a career in the business world, but returned in 1921 in executive positions with various studios, then began producing films in 1924. He soon turned to screenwriting, and was responsible for several of what have come to be regarded as classics of Hollywood: Hell's Angels (1930), Cimarron (1931) (for which he won an Academy Award) and The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935), among others. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for Street of Chance (1930).