 On November 22, he sold the motion-picture rights for $25,000.Hume wrote for 29 films between 1924 and 1966, including "Tarzan the Ape Man" (1932), "Flying Down to Rio" (1933), "The Great Gatsby" (1949), "Tokyo Joe" (1949) and "Forbidden Planet" (1956).Hume died on March 26, 1966, just 10 days after his 66th birthday, at his home in Palos Verdes, California, and was buried in the Whispering Pines section of Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.