David Hempstead

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David Hempstead
Born(1909-10-02)October 2, 1909
DiedJanuary 9, 1983(1983-01-09) (aged 73)
Occupation Film producer

David Hempstead (October 2, 1909 - January 9, 1983) was an American film producer known for None but the Lonely Heart (1944), The Sky's the Limit (1943), directed by Edward H. Griffith, [1] and Joan of Paris (1942), directed by Robert Stevenson. [2] [3] He co-wrote the script of Hell and High Water (1954) alongside Jesse Lasky. [4]

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He produced with RKO and worked alongside Milton Holmes. [5] He also produced Village Tale (1935), directed by John Cromwell and written by Allan Scott. [6]

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References

  1. Reid 2005, p. 131.
  2. Reid 2005, p. 45.
  3. "David Hempstead". iTunes . Apple Inc. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. Gordon, Marsha (2017). Film Is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies. Oxford University Press. p. 278. ISBN   9780190269753.
  5. Slide, Anthony (16 December 2014). "It's the Pictures That Got Small": Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age. Columbia University Press. p. 180. ISBN   9780231538220.
  6. Nott, Robert (5 May 2014). Evans, Max (ed.). The Films of Randolph Scott. McFarland Publishing. p. 43. ISBN   9781476610061.

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