David Hempstead

American film producer

David Hempstead
Born	(1909-10-02)October 2, 1909 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Died	January 9, 1983(1983-01-09) (aged 73) 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,^[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]

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]

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)

References

^ Reid 2005, p. 131.
^ Reid 2005, p. 45.
^ "David Hempstead". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ Gordon, Marsha (2017). Film Is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies. Oxford University Press. p. 278. ISBN 9780190269753.
^ 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.
^ Nott, Robert (5 May 2014). Evans, Max (ed.). The Films of Randolph Scott. McFarland Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 9781476610061.