Tag: Samuel Hoffenstein

Laura Script

Script by:Vera Caspary (Novel), Jay Dratler (Screenplay), Samuel Hoffenstein (Screenplay), Elizabeth Reinhardt (Screenplay)
Directed by:Otto Preminger
Year:1944
IMDb:tt0037008

Plot:A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
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Phantom Of The Opera (1943) Script

Script by:Gaston Leroux (Author), Samuel Hoffenstein (Screenplay), John Jacoby (Adaptation)
Directed by:Arthur Lubin
Year:1943
IMDb:tt0036261

Plot:Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with acid. Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed on a legendary "phantom".
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1931) Script

Script by:Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Samuel Hoffenstein (Screenplay), Percy Heath (Screenplay)
Directed by:Rouben Mamoulian
Year:1931
IMDb:tt0022835

Plot:Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.
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Tales of Manhattan Script

Script by:Henry Blankfort (Writer), Alan Campbell (Writer), Ladislas Fodor (Writer), László Görög (Writer), Ben Hecht (Writer), Samuel Hoffenstein (Writer), Ferenc Molnár (Writer), Donald Ogden Stewart (Writer), Lamar Trotti (Writer), László Vadnay (Writer)
Directed by:Julien Duvivier
Year:1942
IMDb:tt0035415

Plot:Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Script

Script by:Robert Louis Stevenson (Novel), John Lee Mahin (Screenplay), Percy Heath (Screenplay), Samuel Hoffenstein (Screenplay)
Directed by:Victor Fleming
Year:1941
IMDb:tt0033553

Plot:Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.
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