Harry S. Webb

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Harry S. Webb
Born	15 October 1892 Pennsylvania
Died	4 July 1959 Hollywood, California
Occupation	Film producer Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1924 - 1940

Harry S. Webb (15 October 1892 – 4 July 1959), was an American film producer, director and screenwriter. He produced 100 films between 1924 and 1940. He also directed 55 films between 1924 and 1940.

In 1933 Webb and Bernard B. Ray created Reliable Pictures Corporation based at Beachwood and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Reliable released many Westerns starting with Girl Trouble (1933) until the company closed in 1937 it's final release being The Silver Trail.^[1].

Webb and Ray then stared Metropolitan Pictures Corporation in 1938 that made and released several films until Pinto Canyon in 1940. ^[2] Webb then produced Westerns for Monogram Pictures.

He was born in Pennsylvania and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.

[edit] Selected filmography

• The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
• The Phantom of the North (1929)
• Heroes of the Wild (1927)
• Isle of Sunken Gold (1927)
• The Golden Stallion (1927)

[edit] References

1. ^ The Webb Family in Hollywood
2. ^ ibid

[edit] External links

• Harry S. Webb at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Webb, Harry S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Film producer, Film director, Screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	15 October 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	4 July 1959
PLACE OF DEATH	Hollywood, California