# David Hempstead

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{{short description|American film producer}}

{{Infobox person
| name = David Hempstead
| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|10|02}}
| birth_place = [Salt Lake City](/source/Salt_Lake_City), [Utah](/source/Utah), [United States](/source/United_States)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|01|09|1909|10|02}}
| death_place = [Los Angeles County](/source/Los_Angeles_County), [California](/source/California), United States
| occupation = [Film producer](/source/Film_producer)
}}

'''David Hempstead''' (October 2, 1909 - January 9, 1983) was an American film producer known for ''[None but the Lonely Heart](/source/None_but_the_Lonely_Heart_(film))'' (1944), ''[The Sky's the Limit](/source/The_Sky's_the_Limit_(1943_film))'' (1943), directed by [Edward H. Griffith](/source/Edward_H._Griffith),{{sfn|Reid|2005|p=131}} and ''[Joan of Paris](/source/Joan_of_Paris)'' (1942), directed by [Robert Stevenson](/source/Robert_Stevenson_(director)).{{sfn|Reid|2005|p=45}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/david-hempstead/574007140 |title=David Hempstead |work=[iTunes](/source/iTunes) |publisher=[Apple Inc.](/source/Apple_Inc.) |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref> He co-wrote the script of ''[Hell and High Water](/source/Hell_and_High_Water_(1954_film))'' (1954) alongside [Jesse Lasky](/source/Jesse_Lasky).<ref>{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=Marsha |title=Film Is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3quDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA278 |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |year=2017 |page=278 |isbn=9780190269753}}</ref>

He produced with [RKO](/source/RKO) and worked alongside Milton Holmes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Slide |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Slide |title="It's the Pictures That Got Small": Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtDXBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 |publisher=[Columbia University Press](/source/Columbia_University_Press) |date=16 December 2014 |page=180 |isbn=9780231538220}}</ref> He also produced ''[Village Tale](/source/Village_Tale)'' (1935), directed by [John Cromwell](/source/John_Cromwell_(director)) and written by [Allan Scott](/source/Allan_Scott_(American_screenwriter)).<ref>{{cite book |last=Nott |first=Robert |title=The Films of Randolph Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LnONAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 |publisher=[McFarland Publishing](/source/McFarland_Publishing) |date=5 May 2014 |page=43 |isbn=9781476610061 |editor-first=Max |editor-last=Evans}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Producer===
* ''[The King and Four Queens](/source/The_King_and_Four_Queens)'' (1956)
* ''[Portrait of Jennie](/source/Portrait_of_Jennie)'' (1948)
* ''[None But the Lonely Heart](/source/None_but_the_Lonely_Heart_(film))'' (1944)
* ''[Tender Comrade](/source/Tender_Comrade)'' (1943)
* ''[The Sky's the Limit](/source/The_Sky's_the_Limit_(1943_film))'' (1943)
* ''[Mr. Lucky](/source/Mr._Lucky_(film))'' (1943)
* ''[Flight for Freedom](/source/Flight_for_Freedom)'' (1943)
* ''[Joan of Paris](/source/Joan_of_Paris)'' (1942)
* ''[Kitty Foyle](/source/Kitty_Foyle_(film))'' (1940)
* ''[It Could Happen to You](/source/It_Could_Happen_to_You_(1939_film))'' (1939)
* ''[Just Around the Corner](/source/Just_Around_the_Corner_(1938_film))'' (1938)
* ''[Straight Place and Show](/source/Straight_Place_and_Show)'' (1938)
* ''[Hold That Co-ed](/source/Hold_That_Co-ed)'' (1938)
* ''[Little Miss Broadway](/source/Little_Miss_Broadway)'' (1938)
* ''[Happy Landing](/source/Happy_Landing_(1938_film))'' (1938)
* ''[Ali Baba Goes to Town](/source/Ali_Baba_Goes_to_Town)'' (1937)
* ''[Village Tale](/source/Village_Tale)'' (1935)
* ''[Murder on a Honeymoon](/source/Murder_on_a_Honeymoon)'' (1935)

===Writer===
* ''[Hell and High Water](/source/Hell_and_High_Water_(1954_film))'' (1954)
* ''[Finishing School](/source/Finishing_School_(1934_film))'' (1934)
* ''[Little Women](/source/Little_Women_(1933_film))'' (1933)
* ''[Manhattan Tower](/source/Manhattan_Tower_(film))'' (1932)

===Director===
* ''[Banjo on My Knee](/source/Banjo_on_My_Knee_(film))'' (1936)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Reid |first=John Howard |title=Hollywood Gold: Films of the Forties and Fifties |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qnjZXuE0kqUC&q=David+Hempstead&pg=PA131 |publisher=[Lulu.com](/source/Lulu.com) |year=2005 |pages=258 |isbn=9781411635241}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0376179}}

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Category:1909 births
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Category:Film producers from Utah
Category:Screenwriters from Utah
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:20th-century American male writers
Category:20th-century American screenwriters

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