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Lucien Hubbard (December 22, 1888 – December 31, 1971) was an American film producer and screenwriter.


Biography

Hubbard is best known for producing the 1927 film ''
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'', for which he received the first
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. Lucien produced and or wrote ninety-two films over the course of his career. He lived in the same house in Beverly Hills until the day he died; he was an avid polo player and would frequently ride out of the stables located, in those days, at the rear of his Hillcrest Road property, to
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' house in the Palisades; he also occasionally rode his horse to Paramount Studios where he had been elevated to president shortly after the Academy Award-winning ''Wings'' which he produced, was released. This film helped director William A. Wellman's rise into major studio films. Before coming to Los Angeles, he was night editor of ''
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''. He had written five screenplays on the side and decided one day to travel to Hollywood to see if he could sell any of them; he sold three and in 1923, his career was launched. A film he loved and the adaptation for, ''
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'' (1925), was the first film to portray the Indian in a favorable light; he received an award from the
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nation for this it. He discovered and mentored many talents over the life of his career and was known as a very generous man with a sharp eye for good writers. He had two daughters, Betty and Janet and a brother, Harlan Hubbard, who became a renowned artist and writer, who advocated
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.


Partial filmography

*'' The Angel Factory'' (1917) (writer) *'' The Awakening of Ruth'' (1917) (writer) *'' The Beloved Blackmailer'' (1918) (writer) *'' Terror of the Range'' (1919) (writer) *'' The Black Gate'' (1919) (writer) *'' The Climbers'' (1919) (writer) *'' The Tower of Jewels'' (1919) (writer) *'' The Sporting Duchess'' (1920) (writer) *'' Outside the Law'' (1920) (writer) *''
The Garter Girl ''The Garter Girl'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith Edward H. Griffith (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1975) (also known as E H Griffith, Lieut. Edward H. Griffith, Edward Griffith, and E. H. Griffith) wa ...
'' (1920) (writer) *'' Captain Swift'' (1920) (writer) *'' A Master Stroke'' (1920) (writer) *'' Cheated Love'' (1921) (writer) *'' The Magnificent Brute'' (1921) (writer) *'' The Fox'' (1921) (writer) *''
The Rage of Paris ''The Rage of Paris'' is a 1938 American comedy film made by Universal Pictures. The movie was directed by Henry Koster, and written by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson. It won the Venice Film Festival for Special Recommendation. Re-issued by R ...
'' (1921) *'' The Blazing Trail'' (1921) *'' The Trap'' (1922) (writer) *'' West of the Water Tower'' (1923) (writer) *'' Daughters of Today'' (1924) (writer) *'' Wanderer of the Wasteland'' (1924) (supervising producer) *'' The Thundering Herd'' (1925) (writer) *'' Code of the West'' (1925) (writer) *'' The Light of Western Stars'' (1925) (writer) *'' Wild Horse Mesa'' (1925) (writer) *''
The Vanishing American ''The Vanishing American'' is a 1925 American silent Western film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by George B. Seitz and starred Richard Dix and Lois Wilson, recently pa ...
'' (1925) (writer) *'' Born to the West'' (1926) (writer) *''
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'' (1927) (producer) *''
Rose-Marie ''Rose-Marie'' is an operetta-style musical with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. The story is set in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and concerns Rose-Marie La Flemme, a F ...
'' (1928) (director) *''
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'' (1929) (director, writer) *'' Paid'' (1930) (writer) *'' Isle of Escape'' (1930) (writer) *'' The Maltese Falcon'' (1931) (writer) *'' Smart Money'' (1931) (writer) *'' The Squaw Man'' (1931) (writer) *''
The Star Witness ''The Star Witness'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by William A. Wellman. The film stars Walter Huston, Frances Starr, Grant Mitchell, and Chic Sale. ''The Star Witness'' wa ...
'' (1931) (writer) *'' Stranger in Town'' (1931) (producer) *'' Three on a Match'' (1932) (writer) *'' A Successful Calamity'' (1932) (assoc. producer) *'' So Big'' (1932) (assoc. producer) *'' The Mouthpiece'' (1932) (assoc. producer) *''Weekend Marriage'' (1932) (assoc. producer) *'' Storm at Daybreak'' (1932) (producer) *'' The Women in His Life'' (1933) (producer) *'' Operator 13'' (1933) (producer) *'' Made on Broadway'' (1933) (producer) *''
Fugitive Lovers ''Fugitive Lovers'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Richard Boleslavsky. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it stars Madge Evans and Robert Montgomery with a supporting cast of Nat Pendleton, C. Henry Gordon, Ruth ...
'' (1933) (producer) *'' The Stranger's Return'' (1933) (producer) *'' Beauty for Sale'' (1933) (producer) *''
Employees' Entrance ''Employees' Entrance'' is a 1933 pre-Code film about the devious manager of a New York department store ( Warren William) and his romantic involvement with a reluctant new employee (Loretta Young). It was directed by Roy Del Ruth. In 2019, the ...
'' (1933) (producer) *'' The Working Man'' (1933) (assoc. producer) *'' Midnight Mary'' (1933) (producer) *'' Ex-Lady'' (1933) (assoc. producer) *'' The King's Vacation'' (1933) (assoc. producer) *''
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'' (1934) (producer and writer) *''
Murder in the Private Car ''Murder in the Private Car'' is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery romance film starring Mary Carlisle, Charles Ruggles and Una Merkel. Directed by Harry Beaumont, the production is based on the play ''The Rear Car'' by Edward E. Rose. David ...
'' (1934) (producer) *''
The Show-Off ''The Show-Off'' is a 1924 stage play by George Kelly about a working-class North Philadelphian family's reluctance to accept their daughter's suitor Aubrey Piper, an overly confident Socialist buffoon. The play has been revived five times on B ...
'' (1934) (producer) *'' Paris Interlude'' (1934) (producer) *'' Society Doctor'' (1934) (producer) *''
Death on the Diamond ''Death on the Diamond'' is a 1934 comedy-mystery film starring Robert Young (actor), Robert Young. It was based on the novel ''Death on the Diamond: A Baseball Mystery Story'' by Cortland Fitzsimmons, directed by Edward Sedgwick and produced and ...
'' (1934) (producer) *''
Straight Is the Way ''Straight Is the Way'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Paul Sloane, written by Bernard Schubert, and starring Franchot Tone, May Robson, Karen Morley, Gladys George, Nat Pendleton and Jack La Rue. It is based upon the stage play ...
'' (1934) (producer) *''
You Can't Buy Everything ''You Can't Buy Everything'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Charles Reisner and Sandy Roth and starring May Robson, Jean Parker and Lewis Stone. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Working titl ...
'' (1934) (producer) *'' Exclusive Story'' (1935) (producer) *''
Times Square Lady ''Times Square Lady'' is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Taylor, Virginia Bruce and Helen Twelvetrees.Quirk p.36 It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Toni Bradley comes to ...
'' (1935) (producer) *'' Pursuit'' (1935) (producer) *'' Calm Yourself'' (1935) (producer) *'' Public Hero No. 1'' (1935) (producer) *'' The Casino Murder Case'' (1935) (producer) *'' Shadow of Doubt'' (1935) (producer) *''
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'' (1935) (producer) *'' Murder in the Fleet'' (1935) (producer) *'' Here Comes the Band'' (1935) (producer) *'' Kind Lady'' (1935) (producer) *'' The Longest Night'' (1936) (producer) *'' Moonlight Murder'' (1936) (producer) *''
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'' (1936) (producer) *'' All American Chump'' (1936) (producer) *'' Sinner Take All'' (1936) (producer) *'' Under Cover of Night'' (1936) (producer) *''
Women Are Trouble ''Women Are Trouble'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Errol Taggart and written by Michael Fessier. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Paul Kelly, Florence Rice, Margaret Irving, Cy Kendall and John Harrington. The film was released on J ...
'' (1936) (producer) *'' The Garden Murder Case'' (1936) (producer) *'' A Family Affair'' (1937) (producer) *'' Man of the People'' (1937) (producer) *'' Song of the City'' (1937) (producer) *'' Nick Carter, Master Detective'' (1939) (producer) *'' 6,000 Enemies'' (1939) (producer) *'' The Man Who Dared'' (1939) (writer) *''
Gung Ho! ''Gung Ho!'' (full title: ''Gung Ho!: The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders'') is a 1943 American war film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott. The story is based somewhat on the real-life World War II Makin Island raid led ...
'' (1943) (writer)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubbard, Lucien 1888 births 1971 deaths American male screenwriters Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award People from Fort Thomas, Kentucky Screenwriters from Kentucky Film producers from Kentucky 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters