Samuel Hoffenstein
American screenwriter (1890-1947) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 56
Samuel "Sam" Hoffenstein was a screenwriter and a musical composer. Born in Odessa, he emigrated to the United States and began a career in New York City as a newspaper writer and in the entertainment business.
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Julien Duvivier Directed The Great Waltz and Lydia
Rouben Mamoulian Directed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Charles Boyer Produced Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
Ernst Lubitsch Directed Cluny Brown (1946)
Victor Fleming Directed The Great Waltz (1938)
Frank Borzage Directed Desire and His Butler's Sister
Josef von Sternberg Directed An American Tragedy and The Great Waltz
C. Aubrey Smith Samuel wrote Love Me Tonight and Cluny Brown
Walter Lang Directed Love Before Breakfast (1936)
Bess Flowers Samuel wrote Laura and The Great Waltz
Carole Lombard Also in Sinners in the Sun (1932)
Akim Tamiroff Samuel wrote His Butler's Sister (1943)
Sara Allgood Also in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Lydia
Reginald Owen Samuel wrote Cluny Brown and Bridal Suite
Benjamin Glazer Produced Paris in Spring (1935)
Charles Middleton Samuel wrote Conquest and An American Tragedy
Sig Arno Also in Bridal Suite and Tales of Manhattan
Ernest Cossart Also in Two for Tonight and Cluny Brown
Charles Pearce Coleman Samuel wrote The Gay Divorcee and Cluny Brown
Edgar Norton Samuel wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Alison Skipworth Also in Sinners in the Sun and The Song of Songs
Waldemar Young Also in Love Me Tonight and Sinners in the Sun
Lane Chandler Samuel wrote Laura and Flesh and Fantasy
Marlene Dietrich Also in The Song of Songs and Desire
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In 1931 he moved to Los Angeles, where he lived for the rest of his life and 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).
