Eric Hatch

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Eric Hatch (born October 31, 1901 in New York City , New York - † July 4, 1973 in Torrington , Connecticut ) was an American writer of screenplays , short stories and novels , who won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay was nominated.

Life

Hatch, son of an on Wall Street make Brokers , worked as a writer for the magazine The New Yorker . At the beginning of the 1930s he began writing novels, short stories and screenplays and wrote his first novel in 1928 with A couple of quick ones . He delivered his first work as a screenwriter in 1931 for the crime comedy Buster Has Nothing to Smile from Zion Myers and Jules White, with Buster Keaton , Anita Page and Cliff Edwards in the leading roles.

At the 1937 Academy Awards , Hatch and Morrie Ryskind were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the screwball comedy My Man Godfrey (1936), directed by Gregory La Cava with William Powell , Carole Lombard and Eugene Pallette .

1941 his novel Unexpected Uncle , who also in 1941 after the screenplay adaptation by Delmer Daves from film director Peter Godfrey with Anne Shirley , James Craig and Charles Coburn filmed was. His novel Road Show , published in 1934, was also filmed in 1941 by Hal Roach with Adolphe Menjou , Carole Landis and John Hubbard in the leading roles.

In the 1950s he wrote templates for television series and at this time also acquired the radio station WBIS in Bristol (Connecticut) . Hatch, who had a keen interest in United States history , was elected chairman of the Bicentennial Commission for the American Revolution in 1967.

His older brother, Alden R. Hatch, was also a writer and wrote numerous biographies .

Publications

  • A couple of quick ones , 1928
  • Romance prescribed , 1930
  • Five days by Eric Hatch , 1933
  • Road show , 1934
  • My man Godfrey , 1935
  • Good old Jack by Eric Hatch , 1937
  • Unexpected uncle , 1941
  • Words and music , 1943
  • The unexpected warrior , 1947
  • The beautiful comfy , 1950
  • A guide to historic sites in Connecticut , 1963
  • The judge and the junior exhibitor , 1964
  • The little book of bells , 1964
  • The year of the horse , 1965
  • The colonel's ladies , 1968
  • Two and two is six , 1969
  • What goes on in horses' heads , 1970

Filmography (selection)

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personal data
SURNAME Hatch, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer of screenplays, short stories and novels
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1973
Place of death Torrington , Connecticut