H. Bruce Humberstone

Humberstone was born in Buffalo, New York, and attended Miami Military Academy in Miami, Florida. == Film ==

One of 28 founders of the Directors Guild of America, Humberstone worked on several silent movie films for 20th Century Fox. Humberstone did not specialize; he worked on comedies, dramas, and melodramas. Humberstone is best known today for the seminal film noir I Wake Up Screaming (1941) and his work on some of the Charlie Chan films. In the 1950s, Humberstone worked mostly on TV. He retired in 1966. == Recognition ==

Humberstone has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. == Death ==

Humberstone died of pneumonia in Woodland Hills, California, on October 11, 1984, aged 82, ==Partial filmography as director==

• Street Scene (1931) • The Crooked Circle (1932) • If I Had a Million (1932) ("The Forger" segment) • Goodbye Love (1933) • King of the Jungle (1933) • Merry Wives of Reno (1934) • The Dragon Murder Case (1934) • Three Live Ghosts (1935) • Ladies Love Danger (1935) • Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) • Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) • Rascals (1938) • Checkers (1938) • Pardon Our Nerve (1939) • Pack Up Your Troubles (1939) • The Quarterback (1940) • Lucky Cisco Kid (1940) • I Wake Up Screaming (1941) • Sun Valley Serenade (1941) • Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) • Iceland (1942) • To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) • Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) • Pin Up Girl (1944) • Wonder Man (1945) • Three Little Girls in Blue (1946) • The Homestretch (1947) • Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) • South Sea Sinner (1950) • Happy Go Lovely (1952) British • ''She's Working Her Way Through College'' (1953) • The Desert Song (1953) • Ten Wanted Men (1955) • The Purple Mask (1955) • Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) • ''Tarzan's Fight for Life'' (1958) • Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) • Madison Avenue (1961) ==References==