Samuel Hoffenstein

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-10-09 (57 years old)

Deathday

1947-10-06

Place of Birth

Kera, Russia

Samuel Hoffenstein

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 (194...

Production

1944

Laura

as Screenplay

1931

1941

1932

Love Me Tonight

as Screenplay

1938

The Great Waltz

as Screenplay

1943

1932

1941

Lydia

as Screenplay

1933

The Song of Songs

as Screenplay

1943

Flesh and Fantasy

as Screenplay

1936

1935

Enchanted April

as Screenplay

1935

1946

Sentimental Journey

as Screenplay

1934

The Fountain

as Screenplay

1931

Once a Lady

as Writer

1937

Conquest

as Writer

1936

Desire

as Screenplay

1942

1946

Cluny Brown

as Screenplay

1939

Bridal Suite

as Screenplay

1943

His Butler's Sister

as Screenplay

1935

1933

White Woman

as Writer

1931

An American Tragedy

as Screenplay

1934

Wharf Angel

as Screenplay

1934

Change of Heart

as Additional Dialogue

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