Humphrey Pearson(1893-1937)

Writer

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Humphrey Pearson was born on 30 November 1893 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for On with the Show! (1929), Bright Lights (1930) and Bride of the Regiment (1930). He was married to Rive King. He died on 24 February 1937 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

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Known for

On with the Show! (1929)

On with the Show!

5.8

Writer

1929

Noah Beery, Frank Fay, and Dorothy Mackaill in Bright Lights (1930)

5.6

Writer

1930

Bride of the Regiment (1930)

Bride of the Regiment

6.7

Writer

1930

Joe E. Brown and Bernice Claire in Top Speed (1930)

5.8

Writer(screen version)

1930

Credits

Writer

Palm Springs
6.2
- screenplay
- 1936
Red Salute
5.8
- story and screenplay
- 1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
7.6
- adaptation
- 1935
Elmer and Elsie
5.9
- Writer
- 1934
The Great Flirtation
5.8
- screenplay
- 1934
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
6.5
- screenplay
- 1933
Face in the Sky
6.3
- screenplay
- 1933
Men of America
6.1
- from a story by
- 1932
Westward Passage
5.3
- dialogue
- 1932
The Lost Squadron
6.4
- additional writer (uncredited)
- 1932
Consolation Marriage
6.0
- dialogue
- screenplay
- 1931
Traveling Husbands
6.1
- Writer
- 1931
Going Wild
5.8
- adaptation & dialogue
- 1930
Sunny
5.3
- screen adaptation
- 1930
Bright Lights
5.6
- screen version & dialogue
- 1930

Personal details

Born
- November 30, 1893
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
Died
- February 24, 1937
- Palm Springs, California, USA(gunshot wound)
Spouse
- Rive King? - 1937 (his death)
Other works
Playwright: "Shoestring" (filmed as On with the Show! (1929))
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

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Trivia
Eerie coincidence: Pearson died on the same day as Guy Standing who starred in Pearson's Palm Springs (1936).

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