F. Hugh Herbert(1897-1958)

F. Hugh Herbert was born on 29 May 1897 in Vienna, Austria. He was a writer and director, known for The Moon Is Blue (1953), Sitting Pretty (1948) and The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953). He was married to Mary Alice Lenkey and Arline LaVerne. He died on 17 May 1958 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Au théâtre ce soir
7.9
TV Series
- play
- 1971
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
7.4
TV Series
- story
- 1960
This Happy Feeling
5.8
- play "For Love or Money"
- 1958
The Little Hut
5.6
- screenplay
- 1957
The Alcoa Hour
7.3
TV Series
- play
- 1955–1956
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
7.1
TV Series
- based on an original screenplay
- 1956
Meet Corliss Archer
7.5
TV Series
- characters
- based upon characters created by
- 1954
The Moon Is Blue
6.7
- stage play "The Moon Is Blue"
- written for the screen by
- 1953
Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach
5.6
- play "The Moon Is Blue"
- 1953
The Girls of Pleasure Island
5.7
- written for the screen by
- 1953
Grande Teatro Tupi
8.3
TV Series
- play
- 1952
Een af tusind
TV Short
- play
- 1952
Broadway Television Theatre
6.6
TV Series
- play
- 1952
Let's Make It Legal
6.1
- screen play by
- 1951
Cosmopolitan Theatre
8.2
TV Series
- Writer
- 1951

Alternative names
- Frederick Hugh Herbert
Born
- May 29, 1897
- Vienna, Austria
Died
- May 17, 1958
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(lung cancer)
Spouses
Other works
In 1962, his play was the basis for an unsold pilot called "The Moon is Blue" about the adventures of a teen-aged daughter of a U.S. Congressman.
Publicity listings
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Trivia
His screen adaptation of "The Moon is Blue", based on his own Broadway play, ran into censorship trouble solely, because it contained the word 'virgin'.