- Birthday
- 1893-11-30
- Deathday
- 1937-02-24
- Place of Birth
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
Humphrey Pearson
WritingBiography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Humphrey Pearson (November 30, 1893 – February 24, 1937) was an American screenwriter and playwright of the 1930s. During his brief career, he penned a Broadway play and 22 screenplays. His promising career was cut short when he was found shot to death, under mysterious circumstances in his home, in early 1937. Pearson was born on November 30, 1893 in Columbus, Ohio. He would break into the film industry in 1929, writing the dialogue and titles to Mervyn LeRoy's Hot Stuff, which was one of the few films Hollywood produced which was a silent film with sou...
