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Samuel Hoffenstein (1890–1947)

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Russian-born composer and screenwriter. Started in the U.S. as a drama critic for the New York Evening Sun. He also contributed articles and short stories to Vanity Fair and The New York Tribune. Hoffenstein settled in Los Angeles in 1931 and worked as a screenwriter for Paramount until 1936, and for 20th Century Fox from 1941 to 1948... See more trivia »

Born:

Samuel Goodman Hoffenstein
in Kera, Russia

Died:

(age 56) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1948 Give My Regards to Broadway (writer)
 
1947 The Homestretch (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1947 Carnival in Costa Rica
 
1946 Cluny Brown (screenplay)
 
1946 Sentimental Journey (screenplay)
 
1944 Laura (screenplay)
 
1943 His Butler's Sister (original screenplay)
 
1943 Flesh and Fantasy (writer)
 
1943 Phantom of the Opera (writer)
 
1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
 
1942 Tales of Manhattan
 
1941 Lydia (screenplay and dialogue)
 
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 screenplay - uncredited)
 
1941 That Night in Rio (additional dialogue)
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1939 Bridal Suite (screen play)
 
1938 The Great Waltz (screen play)
 
1937 Conquest
 
1936 Two in a Crowd (uncredited)
 
1936 Piccadilly Jim (dialogue - uncredited)
 
1936 Desire (screenplay)
 
1936 Love Before Breakfast (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann (screen play)
 
1935 Two for Tonight (contributor to treatment - uncredited)
 
1935 Paris in Spring
 
1935 Enchanted April (screenplay)
 
1934 Marie Galante (contributor to screenplay construction - uncredited)
 
1934 The Gay Divorcee (musical adaptation)
 
1934 The Fountain
 
1934 Change of Heart (additional dialogue)
 
1934 Wharf Angel (screenplay)
 
1933 Design for Living (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1933 White Woman (screenplay)
 
1933 The Song of Songs (screenplay)
 
1932 Love Me Tonight (screen play)
 
1932 Sinners in the Sun
 
1932 The Miracle Man (dialogue)
 
1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (screenplay)
 
1931 Once a Lady
 
1931 An American Tragedy
 
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1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (acknowledgment: the non-musical sequences represent outstanding contributions by)
 
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(1932). Stage Play: Gay Divorce. Musical comedy. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Dwight Taylor. Based on an unproduced play by J. Hartley Manners [posthumous credit]. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek and Russell Bennett. Material adapted by Kenneth S. Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein... See more »

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Russian-born composer and screenwriter. Started in the U.S. as a drama critic for the New York Evening Sun. He also contributed articles and short stories to Vanity Fair and The New York Tribune. Hoffenstein settled in Los Angeles in 1931 and worked as a screenwriter for Paramount until 1936, and for 20th Century Fox from 1941 to 1948... See more »

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