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Name
  
Monckton Hoffe


Role
  
Playwright

Died
  
November 4, 1951, London, United Kingdom

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Story

Movies
  
The Lady Eve, Street Angel, Daybreak, Julia Misbehaves, The Emperor's Candlesticks

Similar People
  
Preston Sturges, Frank Borzage, Philip Klein, Irving Thalberg, Buddy DeSylva

Monckton Hoffe (1880-1951) was an Irish playwright and screenwriter. He was born in Connemara on 26 December 1880.

Contents

Selected plays

  • The Faithful Heart
  • Hate Ship
  • Flame of Love'
  • Many Waters
  • The Little Damozel

    • Selected Screenplays

  • The Little Damozel (1916)
  • The Hate Ship (1929)
  • Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
  • The Flame of Love (1930)
  • Hai-Tang (1930)
  • Bitter Sweet (1933)
  • The Queen's Affair (1934)
  • What Every Woman Knows (1934)
  • The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
  • Pagliacci (1936)
  • The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
  • London Melody (1937)
  • The Lady Eve (1941)

    • Honors and awards

    Hoffe was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story for the Preston Sturges comedy The Lady Eve. The winner was Here Comes Mr. Jordan.

    References

    Monckton Hoffe Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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