Cyril Hume

Cyril Hume
Cyril Hume wrote science fiction film Forbidden Planet in 1956.
Born	(1900-03-16)March 16, 1900 New York, New York, US
Died	Palos Verdes, California, US
Nationality	American
Education	Yale University
Occupation	Novelist, screenwriter
Years active	1924-1966
Known for	Forbidden Planet (1956) The Great Gatsby (1949) Tokyo Joe (1949) Flying Down to Rio (1933) Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Relatives	David Hume

Cyril Hume (March 16, 1900 – March 26, 1966) was an American novelist and screenwriter.

Hume was a graduate of Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He was an editor of the collection The Yale Record Book of Verse: 1872-1922 (1922).

He wrote for 29 films between 1924 and 1966, including Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), Flying Down to Rio (1933), The Great Gatsby (1949), Tokyo Joe (1949) and Forbidden Planet (1956).

Hume died March 26, 1966, just 10 days after his 66 birthday, at his home in Palos Verdes, California on March 26, 1966, and was buried in the Whispering Pines section of Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

Selected filmography

• The Invisible Boy (1957)
• Forbidden Planet (1956)
• Ransom! (1956)
• Tokyo Joe (1949)
• The Great Gatsby (1949)
• Tarzan Escapes (1936)
• Limehouse Blues (1934)
• Flying Down to Rio (1933)
• Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
• Trader Horn (1931)
• The Wife of the Centaur (1924)

External links

• Cyril Hume at the Internet Movie Database