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Samuel "Sam" Hoffenstein (8 October 1890 - 6 October 1947) was a screenwriter and a musical composer. Born in Odessa (now Ukraine), he emigrated to the United States and began a career in New York City as a newspaper writer and in the entertainment business.
Samuel Hoffenstein. Writer: Laura. Lithuanian-born author and screenwriter, in the U.S. from 1894. Hoffenstein graduated from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania and subsequently went to work as a reporter for a local newspaper. By 1913, he had moved on to a position as a drama critic for the New York Evening Sun.
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Samuel "Sam" Hoffenstein (8 October 1890 - 6 October 1947) was a screenwriter and a musical composer. Born in Odessa (now Ukraine ), he emigrated to the United States and began a career in New York City as a newspaper writer and in the entertainment business.
Samuel Goodman Hoffenstein, American humorist, journalist, poet, and screenwriter, was born October 8, l890, in Lithuania. When Hoffenstein was four years old, he and his parents Josiah Mayer and Taube Gita Kahn Hoffenstein immigrated to Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Samuel Hoffenstein is most famous for the 1932 musical Gay Divorce, which he adapted with Kenneth Webb from the show’s original book, written by Dwight Taylor. On October 8, 1890, Hoffenstein was born in Kera, Russia, and later immigrated to the United States.
Samuel Hoffenstein has 15 books on Goodreads with 225 ratings. Samuel Hoffenstein’s most popular book is Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing.
Samuel Hoffenstein (Oct. 8, 1890 – Oct. 6, 1947) was born in Lithuania; his family emigrated to the US in 1894. He graduated from Lafayette College, PA, then worked as a reporter for a local paper. By 1913, he had become the drama critic for the New York Sun. He also wrote articles for the magazine Vanity Fair and the New York Tribune newspaper.
