Howard Higgin

1891-02-15 Denver, Colorado, USA 30 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia Howard Higgin (February 15, 1891 - December 16, 1938) was an American writer and director of motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s. Higgin's first directing job was a 1922 comedy for legendary Wallace Reid, Rent Free. His later films include High Voltage and Skyscraper, and he worked with Wallace Beery, Clark Gable (as writer/director of Gable's screen breakthrough role as the unshaven villain in The Painted Desert), Carole Lombard, Bette Davis (in Hell's House), Pat O'Brien, A...

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Cafe Hostess

Cafe Hostess

1940

Writer

5.5
Writing

A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.

The Gold Racket

The Gold Racket

1937

Story

4.0
Writing

At the request of the Mexican government, a federal agent and a lady reporter team up to catch a gang that has been smuggling gold from Mexico to the ...

Battle of Greed

Battle of Greed

1937

Director

4.0
Directing

When silver is found in Virginia City, Lawyer John Storm leads a group from Indiana west. He soon has to defend them all in court against a company th...

Revolt of the Zombies

Revolt of the Zombies

1936

Writer

3.0
Writing

The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. An evil count has come into possession of the secret methods by which men can be transformed ...

The Invisible Ray

The Invisible Ray

1936

Original Story

6.3
Writing

Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has al...

King Kelly of the U.S.A.

King Kelly of the U.S.A.

1934

Story

4.3
Writing

A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daught...

Carnival Lady

Carnival Lady

1933

Director

5.0
Directing

When his bank fails, a young man loses not only all his money but his fiancée, deserts him, too. Depressed, he joins a circus.

Reckless Decision

Reckless Decision

1933

Director, Screenplay

4.5
Directing Writing

The teenage daughter of a puritanical Reverend promises him she will not marry until she is older, but after a night of heavy drinking she wakes up to...

The Final Edition

The Final Edition

1932

Director

5.0
Directing

A reporter gets the best story of her life when she goes under cover to take down the head of a crime syndicate.

Hell's House

Hell's House

1932

Director, Story

5.1
Directing Writing

A teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.

The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert

1931

Story, Director

4.8
Writing Directing

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitter...

Her Man

Her Man

1930

Screenstory

5.3
Writing

A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.

The Racketeer

The Racketeer

1929

Director

4.9
Directing

A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.

High Voltage

High Voltage

1929

Director

4.6
Directing

A busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church, where they run into a mysterious man who may be on the ru...

The Leatherneck

The Leatherneck

1929

Director

5.3
Directing

A film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and win him over into becoming an American. All three are...

Sal of Singapore

Sal of Singapore

1928

Director

5.0
Directing

SAL OF SINGAPORE was nominated for an Oscar for achievement in Writing during the second year of the Academy Awards. The film, being a part-talkie, ne...

Power

Power

1928

Director

6.0
Directing

Tale of a pair of dam workers who, despite their strong friendship, duke it out on a regular basis. But when the dam threatens to burst, the battling ...

Skyscraper

Skyscraper

1928

Director

5.6
Directing

Blondy and Swede are gruff best friends who build skyscrapers. Blondy gets sweet on a girl he saves from a falling beam, Sally, but when he is injured...

The Great Deception

The Great Deception

1926

Director

Directing

Cyril Mansfield, a handsome young Englishman, is associated with the German Secret Service as a spy in England but is loyal to British intelligence, o...

The Reckless Lady

The Reckless Lady

1926

Director

Directing

Set amidst French resorts and featuring gambling casinos and an automobile race, a mother and wife develops a mania for gambling, much to the dismay o...

The New Commandment

The New Commandment

1925

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Billy Morrow (Ben Lyon), who comes from a wealthy family, is sailing to Europe with his father (Holbrook Blinn) on their yacht. Along for the ride is ...

The Trouble With Wives

The Trouble With Wives

1925

Screenplay, Story

Writing

William Hyatt (Tom Moore) runs an exclusive shoe store, and his happy marriage to Grace (Florence Vidor) is nearly derailed by his well-meaning, but h...

In the Name of Love

In the Name of Love

1925

Director

Directing

Naturalized American Raoul Melnotte travels from Chicago to his native France in search of his childhood sweetheart, Marie Dufrayne.

Smouldering Fires

Smouldering Fires

1925

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her much younger factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.

Broken Barriers

Broken Barriers

1924

Scenario Writer

1.0
Writing

A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and falls for a young man at a party, only to discover t...

Changing Husbands

Changing Husbands

1924

Writer

Writing

A bored rich housewife wants to go on the stage, but her husband won't let her. When she meets a despairing actress who looks exactly like her, she su...

Don't Doubt Your Husband

Don't Doubt Your Husband

1924

Screenplay, Story

Writing
The Famous Mrs. Fair

The Famous Mrs. Fair

1923

Art Direction

A silent film drama based on the Broadway play of the same name by James Forbes..

Rent Free

Rent Free

1922

Director

Directing

A penniless artist moves into an abandoned house, but is discovered by the daughter of its former owner.

Why Change Your Wife?

Why Change Your Wife?

1920

Production Manager

5.9

Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sal...