Samuel Hoffenstein
Writing
- Born
- October 9, 1890 · Kera, Russia
- Died
- October 6, 1947 (age 56)
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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).
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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.
Known for
Laura
October 11, 1944
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
December 24, 1931
Phantom of the Opera
August 12, 1943
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
August 12, 1941
Cluny Brown
June 2, 1946
Love Me Tonight
August 18, 1932
Desire
April 11, 1936
Tales of Manhattan
August 5, 1942
The Song of Songs
July 19, 1933
Conquest
October 22, 1937
Flesh and Fantasy
October 29, 1943
The Great Waltz
November 4, 1938
Behind the camera31
- 1948Give My Regards to Broadway Writer
- 1947Carnival in Costa Rica Writer
- 1946Cluny Brown Screenplay
- 1946Sentimental Journey Screenplay
- 1944Laura Screenplay
- 1943His Butler's Sister Screenplay
- 1943Flesh and Fantasy Screenplay
- 1943Phantom of the Opera Screenplay
- 1942The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe Writer
- 1942Tales of Manhattan Writer