Samuel Hoffenstein

Scénariste

9 octobre 1890 — 6 octobre 1947 (56 ans)
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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.

Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Sérénade à trois
    Sérénade à trois1933

Connue pour

  • Laura
    Laura1944
  • Docteur Jekyll et Mr. Hyde
    Docteur Jekyll et Mr. Hyde1931
  • Le Fantôme de l'Opéra
    Le Fantôme de l'Opéra1943
  • Aimez-moi ce soir
    Aimez-moi ce soir1932
  • La Folle Ingénue
    La Folle Ingénue1946
  • La Joyeuse Divorcée
    La Joyeuse Divorcée1934
  • Sérénade à trois
    Sérénade à trois1933
  • Désir
    Désir1936
  • Toute la ville danse
    Toute la ville danse1938
  • Le cantique des cantiques
    Le cantique des cantiques1933
  • Marie Walewska
    Marie Walewska1937
  • Six Destins
    Six Destins1942
  • Obsessions
    Obsessions1943
  • Marie-Antoinette
    Marie-Antoinette1938
  • Une tragédie américaine
    Une tragédie américaine1931
  • La soeur de son valet
    La soeur de son valet1943
  • Une nuit à Rio
    Une nuit à Rio1941
  • Lydia
    Lydia1941
  • Give My Regards to Broadway
    Give My Regards to Broadway1948
  • Jim l'excentrique
    Jim l'excentrique1936

Filmographie

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 ScreenplaySur 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