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Ernest Howard Culbertson
A pioneering journalist and dramatist, this early 20th-century writer moved from newspaper features into newsreels, stage work, and screenwriting. His career touched several corners of American media at a time when those forms were rapidly changing.
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Goat Alley: A Tragedy of Negro Life
by Ernest Howard Culbertson
About the author
Ernest Howard Culbertson, also known as E. H. Culbertson and Howard Culbertson, was an American journalist, playwright, screenwriter, and newsreel editor. Available sources describe him as being born on April 29, 1886, in New York and dying in July 1972 in New York City.
He reportedly began his career in Washington, D.C., working for William Randolph Hearst's Washington Times as a features writer. Sources also credit him as an early figure in newsreel journalism, while his writing career extended into drama and film.
He is associated with Goat Alley, a tragedy centered on Black life in a Washington slum, which reflects his interest in socially grounded storytelling. Reliable portrait images were not clearly available from the sources I could confirm, so no profile image is included.