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'''Hunt Stromberg''' (July 12, 1894 - August 23, 1968) was a [[film producer]] during [[Hollywood]]'s Golden Age. |
'''Hunt Stromberg''' (July 12, 1894 - August 23, 1968) was a [[film producer]] during [[Hollywood]]'s Golden Age. In a prolific 30-year career beginning in 1921, Stromberg produced, wrote and directed some of Hollywood's most profitable and enduring movies, including such classics as [[The Thin Man]] series, the [[Nelson Eddy]]/[[Jeanette MacDonald]] operettas, [[The Women]], and [[The Great Ziegfeld]], which won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture of 1936.<ref name="one">{{cite web|url=http://ils.unc.edu/dpr/path/goldenhollywood/|title=The Golden Age of Hollywood: 1930s - 1940s|author=School of Information and Library Science|date=November 20, 2003 |publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|accessdate=June 25, 2009}}</ref> |
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In a prolific 30-year career beginning in 1921, Stromberg produced, wrote and directed some of Hollywood's most profitable and enduring movies, including such classics as [[The Thin Man]] series, the [[Nelson Eddy]]/[[Jeanette MacDonald]] operettas, [[The Women]], and [[The Great Ziegfeld]], which won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture of 1936. |
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==Early career== |
==Early career== |
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Hunt Stromberg was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1894. Leaving a career as a newspaper reporter and sports writer for the St. Louis Times, |
Hunt Stromberg was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1894. Leaving a career as a newspaper reporter and sports writer for the St. Louis Times,<ref name="two">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-Sh-Sy/Stromberg-Hunt.html|title=Hunt Stromberg|last=Douglas Gomery|date=2008|publisher=Advameg Inc. |accessdate=June 25, 2009}}</ref><ref name="three">{{cite web|url=http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/hunt_stromberg.htm|title=Hunt Stromberg|last=J. A. Aberdeen|date=2005|work=Excerpt from Hollywood Renegades|publisher=Cobblestone Entertainment|accessdate=June 25, 2009}}</ref> he followed an advertising friend into the motion picture industry prior to [[World War I]], becoming publicity director for the Goldwyn company in New York.<ref name="four">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/hunt-stromberg-113066|title=Hunt Stromberg Biography|last=Hal Erickson|date=2009|publisher=Macrovision Corporation|accessdate=June 25, 2009}}</ref> |
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In 1918 the company sent Stromberg to California, where he developed an interest in filmmaking |
In 1918 the company sent Stromberg to California, where he developed an interest in filmmaking;<ref name="three"/> by 1919 he had become the personal representative of film mogul Thomas H. Ince,<ref name="four"/> and by 1921 he had written, produced and directed his first movie. He promptly resigned from Ince's staff to form Hunt Stromberg Productions.<ref name="three"/> |
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==Selected filmography== |
==Selected filmography== |
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Revision as of 23:08, 25 June 2009
Hunt Stromberg | |
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| Born | July 12, 1894 |
| Died | August 23, 1968 (aged 74) |
| Resting place | Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles |
| Years active | 1921 - 1951 |
| Children | producer/director Hunt Stromberg, Jr. |
Hunt Stromberg (July 12, 1894 - August 23, 1968) was a film producer during Hollywood's Golden Age. In a prolific 30-year career beginning in 1921, Stromberg produced, wrote and directed some of Hollywood's most profitable and enduring movies, including such classics as The Thin Man series, the Nelson Eddy/Jeanette MacDonald operettas, The Women, and The Great Ziegfeld, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1936.[1]
Early career
Hunt Stromberg was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1894. Leaving a career as a newspaper reporter and sports writer for the St. Louis Times,[2][3] he followed an advertising friend into the motion picture industry prior to World War I, becoming publicity director for the Goldwyn company in New York.[4]
In 1918 the company sent Stromberg to California, where he developed an interest in filmmaking;[3] by 1919 he had become the personal representative of film mogul Thomas H. Ince,[4] and by 1921 he had written, produced and directed his first movie. He promptly resigned from Ince's staff to form Hunt Stromberg Productions.[3]
Selected filmography
As producer
- The Flaming Forties (1924)
- The Texas Trail (1925)
- The Prairie Pirate (1925)
- Thunder (1929)
- The Beast of the City (1932)
- Red Dust (1932), co-producer
- Hide-Out (1934), co-producer
- The Painted Veil (1934)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Naughty Marietta (1935), co-producer
- Ah, Wilderness! (1935), co-producer
- Wife vs. Secretary (1936), co-producer
- The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- Maytime (1937), co-producer
- Night Must Fall (1937)
- Sweethearts (1938)
- Another Thin Man (1939)
- The Women (1939)
- Northwest Passage (1940)
- Susan and God (1940)
- Pride and Prejudice (1940)
- They Met in Bombay (1941)
- Too Late for Tears (1949)
As director or screenwriter
- Roaring Rails (1924), screenwriter
- Soft Shoes (1925), screenwriter
- The White Sister (1933), director
References
- ^ School of Information and Library Science (November 20, 2003). "The Golden Age of Hollywood: 1930s - 1940s". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
- ^ Douglas Gomery (2008). "Hunt Stromberg". Advameg Inc. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
- ^ a b c J. A. Aberdeen (2005). "Hunt Stromberg". Excerpt from Hollywood Renegades. Cobblestone Entertainment. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
- ^ a b Hal Erickson (2009). "Hunt Stromberg Biography". Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
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