Samuel Hoffenstein

Screenwriter

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Birth Place

Russia

Born

October 09, 1890

Died

October 06, 1947

Biography

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During his Hollywood career, Samuel Hoffenstein wrote a variety of screenplays. Hoffenstein began his writing career for film with such titles as the Phillips Holmes crime adaptation "An American Tragedy" (1931). He was nominated for an Academy Award for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in 1932. After receiving this honor, Hoffenstein wrote scripts for the Charles Laughton dramatic adaptation ...

Filmography

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Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)

The Homestretch (1947)

Contract Writer

Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)

Original Screenplay

Cluny Brown (1946)

Sentimental Journey (1946)

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An American Tragedy (1931) — (Movie Clip) You Mustn’t Begin That Way

An American Tragedy (1931) — (Movie Clip) We’ll Have To Be More Careful

Biography

During his Hollywood career, Samuel Hoffenstein wrote a variety of screenplays. Hoffenstein began his writing career for film with such titles as the Phillips Holmes crime adaptation "An American Tragedy" (1931). He was nominated for an Academy Award for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in 1932. After receiving this honor, Hoffenstein wrote scripts for the Charles Laughton dramatic adaptation "White Woman" (1933) and "Song of Songs" (1933). Toward the end of his career, Hoffenstein wrote "Flesh and Fantasy" (1943) with Charles Boyer. Hoffenstein was most recently credited in the drama "Give My Regards to Broadway" (1948) with Dan Dailey. He followed this recognition with scripts for "Sentimental Journey" (1946) and the Charles Boyer comedy "Cluny Brown" (1946). Hoffenstein passed away in October 1947 at the age of 57.

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)

The Homestretch (1947)

Contract Writer

Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)

Original Screenplay

Cluny Brown (1946)

Sentimental Journey (1946)

Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

His Butler's Sister (1943)

Original Screenplay

Tales of Manhattan (1942)

Original stories and Screenplay by

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)

That Night in Rio (1941)

Additional Dialogue

The Great American Broadcast (1941)

Contract Writer

Screenplay and dial

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

Contract Writer

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Contract Writer

Bridal Suite (1939)

The Great Waltz (1938)

Conquest (1937)

Piccadilly Jim (1936)

Love Before Breakfast (1936)

Contract Writer

Two in a Crowd (1936)

Contract Writer

The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)

Two for Tonight (1935)

Paris in Spring (1935)

Enchanted April (1935)

Marie Galante (1934)

Contr to Screenplay const

The Fountain (1934)

Change of Heart (1934)

Additional Dialogue

All Men Are Enemies (1934)

Screenplay and dial

Wharf Angel (1934)

The Song of Songs (1933)

White Woman (1933)

Sinners in the Sun (1932)

The Miracle Man (1932)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

Love Me Tonight (1932)

Once a Lady (1931)

An American Tragedy (1931)

Life Events

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An American Tragedy (1931) — (Movie Clip) You Mustn’t Begin That Way Shooting at Lake Arrowhead, Phillips Holmes, a varsity crew star in college, with a modest piece of paddling skill, as ambitious poor-relation Clyde, hired at his affluent uncle’s shirt factory, seems to be nearly stalking his employee Roberta (Sylvia Sidney), their second encounter outside work, in Josef Von Sternberg’s version of the Theodore Dreiser novel, An American Tragedy, 1931.

An American Tragedy (1931) — (Movie Clip) We’ll Have To Be More Careful We’ve just learned that his near-forgotten employee-girlfriend is pregnant, as Clyde (Phillips Holmes), the poor-relation climber hired to a modest position at his wealthy uncle’s factory, joins his decidedly smitten and bold society flame Sondra (Frances Dee) at the lake, director Josef Von Sternberg working at Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, in the first feature from the Theodore Dreiser novel, An American Tragedy, 1931.

Laura (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I'm A Natural Born Suspect Betrothed Shelby (Vincent Price), whom we've just met, and snooty columnist friend Waldo (Clifton Webb) are composed as they visit, with cop McPherson (Dana Andrews), the home of the murdered title character (Gene Tierney), with the famous theme introduced, in Otto Preminger's Laura, 1944.

Laura (1944) -- (Movie Clip) She Had Something About Her Beginning his debriefing of cop McPherson (Dana Andrews) about his relations with the victim, prissy columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) describes his first meeting with the murdered title character (Gene Tierney), her first appearance on screen, in Otto Preminger's Laura, 1944.

Laura (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Sharecroppers, No Doubt Columnist Waldo (Clifton Webb) spying on the murdered title character (Gene Tierney) in flashback, resuming narration for cop McPherson (Dana Andrews), moving on to her first meeting with Shelby (Vincent Price), facilitated by cook Louise (Kathleen Howard), in Otto Preminger's Laura, 1944.

Great Waltz, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Johann Strauss II And His Immortal Melodies Opening MGM’s schmaltzy story of Strauss and Vienna, Fernand Gravet is introduced in the lead role, tangling with his employer (Sig Rumann), his in-laws to-be (Bert Roach, Greta Meyer) and his finaceè (Luiser Rainer), in The Great Waltz, 1938.

Great Waltz, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) The Performance Is Not Over! Johann Strauss (Fernand Gravet), in Vienna ca. 1849, leads his waltz orchestra, at the casino run by Donnmayer (Herman Bing), his fianceè (Luise Rainer) and family the only audience until opera stars Schiller (George Houston) and Donner, (Miliza Korjus, the Polish soprano in her only Hollywood film) arrive, in MGM’s The Great Waltz, 1938

Great Waltz, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) There'll Come A Time Carla Donner (a fictional character, played for MGM by Polish soprano Miliza Korjus) has introduced un-credentialed Johann Strauss II (Fernand Gravet) to Vienna society, the song a Strauss compositoin with an original lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II, in The Great Waltz, 1938.

Cluny Brown (1946)-- (Movie Clip) She's Cold, Conceited And Callous At the cocktail party, we meet pre-War Londoners Betty (Helen Walker), Andrew (Peter Lawford) and John (Michael Dyne), lamenting Hitler, discovering Belinski (Charles Boyer), mistaking him for a famous professor and introducing a key misunderstanding in Ernst Lubitsch's Cluny Brown, 1946.

Cluny Brown (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I Know A Lot About Sinks Opening scene from Ernst Lubitsch's Cluny Brown, 1946, features Hilary Ames (Reginald Gardner) describing his plumbing dilemma and the arrival of philospher Adam Belinski (Charles Boyer).

Cluny Brown (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Why Girls Leave Home Cluny (Jennifer Jones) parts with Uncle Arn (Billy Bevan) for her new domestic service job then meets Colonel Duff-Graham (Sir C. Aubrey Smith) on the journey in Ernst Lubitsch's Cluny Brown, 1946.

Cluny Brown (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Shall We Have A Go At It? Provocative amateur plumber Cluny (Jennifer Jones) arrives to the delight of socialite Ames (Reginald Gardiner) and philosopher Belinski (Charles Boyer) in Ernst Lubitsch's Cluny Brown, 1946.

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