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Samuel Hoffenstein
Kera, Russia
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…
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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 (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.
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1948
Give My Regards to Broadway
Movie Writer
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1947
Carnival in Costa Rica
Movie Writer
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1946
Cluny Brown
Movie Screenplay
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1946
Sentimental Journey
Movie Screenplay
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1944
Laura
Movie Screenplay
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1943
His Butler's Sister
Movie Screenplay
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1943
Flesh and Fantasy
Movie Screenplay
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1943
Phantom of the Opera
Movie Screenplay
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1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Movie Writer
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1942
Tales of Manhattan
Movie Writer
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1941
Lydia
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Bridal Suite
Movie Screenplay
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1938
The Great Waltz
Movie Screenplay
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1937
Conquest
Movie Writer
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1936
Desire
Movie Screenplay
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1936
Love Before Breakfast
Movie Writer
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1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Movie Screenplay
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1935
Two for Tonight
Movie Writer
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1935
Paris in Spring
Movie Writer
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1935
Enchanted April
Movie Screenplay
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1934
The Fountain
Movie Screenplay
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1934
Change of Heart
Movie Additional Dialogue
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1934
Wharf Angel
Movie Screenplay
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1933
White Woman
Movie Writer
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1933
The Song of Songs
Movie Screenplay
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1932
Love Me Tonight
Movie Screenplay
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1932
Sinners in the Sun
Movie Writer
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1931
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie Screenplay
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1931
Once a Lady
Movie Writer
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1931
An American Tragedy
Movie Screenplay
