Monckton Hoffe

Monckton Hoffe (1880-1951) was an Irish playwright and screenwriter.^[1] He was born in Connemara on 26 December 1880.^[2]

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)
• 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.

Bibliography

• Sturges, Preston & Henderson Brian Five screenplays. University of California Press, 1985.

References

1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/338772
2. Sturges & Henderson p.348

External links

• Monckton Hoffe at the Internet Movie Database