Robert E. Hopkins
Robert Evans "Hoppy" Hopkins (born September 21, 1886 in Ottawa , Kansas , † December 22, 1966 in Hollywood , California ) was an American screenwriter who was nominated for an Oscar for best original story.
Life
Hopkins began his career in the film industry in Hollywood as a writer of intertitles of silent films as The rag pickers (The Rag Man, 1925) by Edward F. Kline with Lydia Yeamans Titus , Ethel Wales and Robert Edeson in the lead roles. By 1937 he wrote the scripts and templates for forty other films and wrote dialogues for well-known actors such as Clark Gable , Jean Harlow , Lee Tracy , William Powell and Myrna Loy , especially for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .
At the 1937 Academy Awards , he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Story for WS Van Dyke's 1936 feature film San Francisco, starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy .
Hopkins was temporarily married to the actress and singer Grace Hayes and thereby stepfather of their son Peter Lind Hayes , who was also an actor and singer.
Filmography (selection)
- 1926: So Paris is ( So This Is Paris )
- 1927: What a Beautiful Woman Desires ( The American Beauty )
- 1928: Circus Babies ( Circus Rookies )
- 1929: The imperfect marriage ( Spite Marriage )
- 1929: The Hollywood Revue of 1929
- 1931: Buster has nothing to laugh about ( Sidewalks of New York )
- 1931: The Havana Girl ( The Cuban Love Song )
- 1936: San Francisco
- 1937: Saratoga
Web links
- Robert E. Hopkins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hopkins, Robert E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hopkins, Robert Evans (full name); Hopkins, Hoppy (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa , Kansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1966 |
| Place of death | Hollywood , California |