Samuel Hoffenstein

Escritor

9 de octubre de 1890 — 6 de octubre de 1947 (56 años)
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Samuel "Sam" Hoffenstein (October 8, 1890 - October 6, 1947) was a screenwriter and a musical composer. Born in Russia, he emigrated to the United States and began a career in New York City as a newspaper writer and in the entertainment business. In 1931 he moved to Los Angeles, where he lived for the rest of his life and where he wrote the scripts for over thirty movies. These movies included Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), The Miracle Man (1932), Phantom of the Opera (1943), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Tales of Manhattan (1942), Flesh and Fantasy (1943), Laura (1944), and Ernst Lubitsch's Cluny Brown (1946).

In addition, Hoffenstein, along with Cole Porter and Kenneth Webb, helped compose the musical score for Gay Divorce (1933), the stage musical that became the film The Gay Divorcee (1934).

He died in Los Angeles, California. A book of his verse, Pencil in the Air, was published three days after his death to critical acclaim. Another book of his work was published in 1928, titled Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing. The book contained some of his work that had been formerly published in the New York World, the New York Tribune, Vanity Fair, the D. A. C. News, and Snappy Stories.

Películas y series en Plex

  • Una mujer para dos
    Una mujer para dos1933

Conocido por

  • Laura
    Laura1944
  • El hombre y el monstruo
    El hombre y el monstruo1931
  • El fantasma de la Ópera
    El fantasma de la Ópera1943
  • Ámame esta noche
    Ámame esta noche1932
  • El pecado de Cluny Brown
    El pecado de Cluny Brown1946
  • La alegre divorciada
    La alegre divorciada1934
  • Una mujer para dos
    Una mujer para dos1933
  • Deseo
    Deseo1936
  • El gran vals
    El gran vals1938
  • El cantar de los cantares
    El cantar de los cantares1933
  • Maria Walewska
    Maria Walewska1937
  • Seis destinos
    Seis destinos1942
  • Al margen de la vida
    Al margen de la vida1943
  • Maria Antonieta
    Maria Antonieta1938
  • Una tragedia humana
    Una tragedia humana1931
  • La hermanita del mayordomo
    La hermanita del mayordomo1943
  • Aquella noche en Río
    Aquella noche en Río1941
  • Lydia
    Lydia1941
  • Piccadilly Jim
    Piccadilly Jim1936

Filmography

1948
1947
1947
The Homestretch · as Contributing Writer
1946
Cluny Brown · as Screenplay
1946
Sentimental Journey · as Screenplay
1944
Laura · as Screenplay
1943
His Butler's Sister · as Screenplay
1943
Flesh and Fantasy · as Screenplay
1943
Phantom of the Opera · as Screenplay
1942
1942
1941
Lydia · as Screenplay
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Screenplay
1941
The Great American Broadcast · as Contributing Writer
1939
The Wizard of Oz · as Contributing Writer
1939
Bridal Suite · as Screenplay
1938
The Great Waltz · as Screenplay
1938
1937
1936
1936
Desire · as Screenplay
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann · as Screenplay
1935
1935
1935
Enchanted April · as Screenplay
1934
The Fountain · as Screenplay
1934
Wharf Angel · as Screenplay
1933
Design for Living · as ScreenplayEn Plex
1933
1933
The Song of Songs · as Screenplay
1932
Love Me Tonight · as Screenplay
1932
1931
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Screenplay
1931
1931
An American Tragedy · as Screenplay