William Hurlbut

William James Hurlbut (1878 or July 13, 1883 – May 4, 1957) was a playwright, screenwriter, and artist.

The grandson of Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, his father served as mayor of Belvidere, Illinois and invented an "instantaneous camera". William Hurlbut was involved in local theater productions and graduated from Belvidere High School. He traveled with his family to New York with a stop in Peru while the Panama Canal was being constructed.

His plays had female leads. He never married and had no children. produced by David Belasco The Writing on the Wall (1909), produced by Olga Nethersole New York (1910) Saturday to Monday (1917) Bride of the Lamb (1926) Engaged; A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts (1926) On the Stars (1931) Recessional (1931) Lover for Two (1936), co-wrote Trimmed in Scarlet Half a Husband; A Comedy in Four Acts "Very Rich,";A Group Portrait Comedy Lady Bridget A Lincolnshire Idyll The Strange Woman (1918) Romance and Arabella (1919)

Body and Soul (1920) Lillies on the Field (1924), based on his play The French Lady (1924) Lillies of the Field (1930), based on his play Good Sport (1931), screenplay Imitation of Life (1934 film) (1934), screenplay based on 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst Bride of Frankenstein (1935), co-wrote screenplay Adam Had Four Sons (1940), co-wrote screenplay adaptation of Charles Bonner's novel Legacy