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Monckton Hoffe (1880–1951) was an Irish playwright and screenwriter. [1] Early life. On 26 December 1880, Hoffe was born in Connemara, Ireland. [2] . His full name was Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles. [3] [4] Career. Hoffe was known for his romantic comedies and was well known in commercial theatre in London in the 1920s.
Monckton Hoffe was born on 26 December 1880 in Islington, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Lady Eve (1941), The Little Damozel (1933) and High Seas (1929). He was married to Barbara Hoffe. He died on 4 November 1951 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
Monckton Hoffe is known as an Writer, Theatre Play, Screenplay, Dialogue, Actor, Story, Scenario Writer, and Additional Dialogue. Some of his work includes The Lady Eve, Street Angel, China Seas, The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, Julia Misbehaves, Busman's Honeymoon, What Every Woman Knows, and Outcast Lady.
STORY BY: Monckton Hoffe. WITH: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette. 1941. 95 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm. New print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Our discussion of Busman’s Honeymoon covered genre – especially different aspects of melodrama; adaptation; the notion of authorship; and casting.. The film credits both Dorothy L Sayers’ 1937 novel, Busman’s Honeymoon, and Sayers’ and Muriel St Clare Byrne’s 1936 play of the same name.
Monckton Hoffe. by Elliott & Fry half-plate glass negative, 1 May 1952 NPG x100536
Monckton Hoffe's films include Street Angel, What Every Woman Knows, Daybreak, Julia Misbehaves
