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Harry Hervey(1900-1951)

  • Writer
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Harry Hervey was born on 5 November 1900 in Beaumont, Texas, USA. He was a writer, known for Shanghai Express (1932), Peking Express (1951) and Road to Singapore (1940). He died on 12 August 1951 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornNovember 5, 1900
DiedAugust 12, 1951(50)
BornNovember 5, 1900
DiedAugust 12, 1951(50)
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Known for

Shanghai Express (1932)
Shanghai Express
7.3
  • Writer
  • 1932
Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, and Edmund Gwenn in Peking Express (1951)
Peking Express
5.7
  • Writer
  • 1951
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Singapore (1940)
Road to Singapore
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1940
Victor Jory and Loretta Young in The Devil's in Love (1933)
The Devil's in Love
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1933

Credits

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Writer

  • Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, and Edmund Gwenn in Peking Express (1951)
    Peking Express
    5.7
    • from a story by
    • 1951
  • Ellen Drew and Robert Preston in Night Plane from Chungking (1943)
    Night Plane from Chungking
    6.4
    • story
    • 1943
  • Douglas Fowley, Warren Hymer, Zasu Pitts, and Roger Pryor in So's Your Aunt Emma! (1942)
    So's Your Aunt Emma!
    5.8
    • story "Aunt Emma Paints the Town"
    • 1942
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Madeleine Carroll in Safari (1940)
    Safari
    6.1
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Singapore (1940)
    Road to Singapore
    6.6
    • based on a story by
    • 1940
  • Joan Bennett, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Vincent Price, George Sanders, Alan Hale, George Bancroft, and John Howard in Green Hell (1940)
    Green Hell
    5.7
    • additional dialogue (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Mary Boland and Donald Woods in A Son Comes Home (1936)
    A Son Comes Home
    6.5
    • story
    • 1936
  • Richard Dix and Dorothy Wilson in His Greatest Gamble (1934)
    His Greatest Gamble
    6.1
    • screen play
    • 1934
  • Victor Jory and Loretta Young in The Devil's in Love (1933)
    The Devil's in Love
    5.9
    • story "Consul of the Damned"
    • 1933
  • Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney in Madame Butterfly (1932)
    Madame Butterfly
    6.0
    • treatment (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Elissa Landi and Paul Lukas in A Passport to Hell (1932)
    A Passport to Hell
    6.4
    • story "Burnt Offering"
    • 1932
  • Gary Cooper, Tallulah Bankhead, and Charles Laughton in Devil and the Deep (1932)
    Devil and the Deep
    6.3
    • story
    • 1932
  • Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, William 'Stage' Boyd, and Lilyan Tashman in The Wiser Sex (1932)
    The Wiser Sex
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 1932
  • Shanghai Express (1932)
    Shanghai Express
    7.3
    • based on the story by
    • 1932
  • Ann Harding in Prestige (1931)
    Prestige
    5.5
    • story
    • 1931

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 5, 1900
    • Beaumont, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • August 12, 1951
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Other works
    Novel: "Congai"

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