Donald Hough
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1895 –
Who is Donald Hough?
Donald Hough was an American humorist and author of several books and film scripts. He was born in St. Paul Minnesota June 29, 1895 and died around 1965. He was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Sherwood Hough. His wife's name was Berry; they had one son named Sherwood.
According to the dust jacket notes on a first-edition copy of Snow Above Town, Hough's career included:
Working as a reporter for various St. Paul newspapers "for about five years"
Writing for several outdoor magazines
At various times between 1924 and 1936, serving as publicity director for the Izaak Walton League
Proprietorship of an advertising agency in Chicago, Illinois
"Devising the application" of the first soundproofing for airplanes and assisting in its application to the first China Clipper
Invention of a type of outdoor clothing considered for purchase by the Russian army
Service as a forest ranger
During World War II, serving as a captain in the U.S. Army Air Force
Those dust jacket notes quote Hough as saying he began writing for Colliers and The Saturday Evening Post in the 1930s "to get my crack at the movies." It was in the course of moving his family to Hollywood, via Mexico City, that Hough passed through Jackson Hole, Wyoming, found himself without sufficient funds to carry through on his planned move, and settled briefly. While in Jackson Hole he pursued his writing for Colliers, inventing the characters of Hade and Steve, based on individuals he had met in the area. Hal Roach made some of those stories into the films listed below.
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