Herbert Howe (journalist)

Herbert Howe
Howe, c. 1920
BornSeptember 1893
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.
DiedOctober 23, 1959(1959-10-23) (aged 66)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJournalist

Herbert Howe (September 1893 – October 23, 1959) was an American journalist who was popular Hollywood news writer in the 1920s.

Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Howe was one of the most popular Hollywood news writers of his day during the 1920s and 1930s, writing for early film fan magazine Photoplay.[1]

Closeted in keeping with the times, Howe was a lover of Ramon Novarro,[2] for whom he worked as a publicist/press agent, and a friend of adventure traveller and travel writer Richard Halliburton.[citation needed]

Howe died of pneumonia in Los Angeles in 1959.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (1999). Ramon Novarro. McFarland. pp. 4. ISBN 978-0-7864-0099-7. Retrieved 2008-09-02. Herbert Howe +novarro.
  2. ^ Slide, Anthony (2002). Silent Players. University Press of Kentucky. pp. x. ISBN 978-0-8131-2249-6. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  3. ^ IMDB bio
  4. ^ Gay City News, Closeted Romances. (5) No. 2, January 12, 2006


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