F. Hugh Herbert – Scripts on Screen

Margie Script

Year:1946

Director:Henry King

Written by:F. Hugh Herbert (Writer), Richard Bransten (Story), Ruth McKenney (Story)

Script Synopsis:Margie and her daughter reminisce about Margie's girlhood in the roaring twenties. In flashback, Margie, a smarter, less popular girl at Central High, meets handsome new French teacher Ralph Fontayne. Circumstances keep throwing them together and Margie, in company with every other girl in school, develops a crush on him. Margie's date for the prom gets sick, and what happens next surprises everyone.

Margie Script Resources:

Margie Script PDF - 11/9/45 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)

Sitting Pretty Script

Year:1948

Director:Walter Lang

Written by:F. Hugh Herbert (Screenplay), Gwen Davenport (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.

Sitting Pretty Script Resources:

Sitting Pretty Script PDF - 10/15/47 SHOOTING FINAL at Script City ($)
Sitting Pretty Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Home Sweet Homicide Script

Year:1946

Director:Lloyd Bacon

Written by:F. Hugh Herbert (Screenplay), Craig Rice (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves by trying to solve a murder in their own neighborhood. In between gathering clues, the kids play matchmaker by trying to fix up their widowed mom with the handsome detective investigating the case.

Home Sweet Homicide Script Resources:

Home Sweet Homicide Script PDF - 3/20/46 REVISED FINAL. (XL). at Script City ($)
Home Sweet Homicide Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.