Lucien Hubbard

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Lucien Hubbard December 22 1888 December 31 1971 was a film producer and screenwriter He is best known for producing Wings for which he received the first Academy Award for Best Picture Lucien produced and or wrote ninetytwo films over the course of his career He lived in the same house in Beverly Hills until the day he died he was an avid polo player and would frequently ride out of the stables located in those days at the rear of his Hillcrest Road property to Will Rogers house in the Palisades he also occasionally rode his horse to Paramount Studios where he had been elevated to president shortly after the Academy Awardwinning Wings which he produced was released This film helped director William A Wellmans rise into major studio films Before coming to Los Angeles he was night editor of The New York Times He had written five screenplays on the side and decided one day to travel to Hollywood to see if he could sell any of them he sold three and in 1923 his career was launched A film he loved was entitled The Vanishing American and it was the first film to portray the Indian in a favorable light he received an award from the Cherokee nation for this film He discovered and mentored many talents over the life of his career and was known as a very generous man with a sharp eye for good writers He had two daughters Betty and Janet and a brother Harlan Hubbard who became a renowned artist and writer who advocated simple living