David Hempstead Explained

David Hempstead
Birth Date:	2 October 1909
Birth Place:	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Death Place:	Los Angeles County, California, United States
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, and Joan of Paris (1942), directed by Robert Stevenson.^[1] He co-wrote the script of Hell and High Water (1954) alongside Jesse Lasky.^[2]

He produced with RKO and worked alongside Milton Holmes.^[3] He also produced Village Tale (1935), directed by John Cromwell and written by Allan Scott.^[4]

Filmography

Producer

• The King and Four Queens (1956)
• Portrait of Jennie (1948)
• None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
• Tender Comrade (1943)
• The Sky's the Limit (1943)
• Mr. Lucky (1943)
• Flight for Freedom (1943)
• Joan of Paris (1942)
• Kitty Foyle (1940)
• It Could Happen to You (1939)
• Just Around the Corner (1938)
• Straight Place and Show (1938)
• Hold That Co-ed (1938)
• Little Miss Broadway (1938)
• Happy Landing (1938)
• Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
• Village Tale (1935)
• Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)

Writer

• Hell and High Water (1954)
• Finishing School (1934)
• Little Women (1933)
• Manhattan Tower (1932)

Director

• Banjo on My Knee (1936)

Bibliography

• Book: Reid, John Howard . Hollywood Gold: Films of the Forties and Fifties . . 2005 . 258 . 9781411635241.

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Hempstead . . . 26 July 2018.
2. Book: Gordon, Marsha . Film Is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies . . 2017 . 278 . 9780190269753.
3. Book: Slide, Anthony . Anthony Slide . "It's the Pictures That Got Small": Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age . . 16 December 2014 . 180 . 9780231538220.
4. Book: Nott, Robert . The Films of Randolph Scott . . 5 May 2014 . 43 . 9781476610061 . Max . Evans.