Maurice A. Hanline | |
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Born | June 6, 1895
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | September 1964 |
Education | Baltimore City College |
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Spouse | Patricia O'Brien |
Maurice A. Hanline (June 6, 1895 - September 1964) [1] was an American playwright, poet, novelist and screenwriter. He worked as a screenwriter for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for more than three decades.
Hanline was born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. [2] He graduated from Baltimore City College. [3]
Hanline staged his own play, The Woman of Samaria, in Baltimore in 1921. [4] He worked in publishing in New York City for Horace Liveright in the 1920s, and he became a published poet. [3] In 1930, he began working as a screenwriter for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Los Angeles. [3] [2] He published his first novel, Years of Indiscretion in 1935. [3] He worked for MGM until his death. [2]
Movies he worked on include Lottery Lover (1935), Four Wives (1939), and Steel Against the Sky (1941).
Hanline married Patricia O'Brien. [2] He died in 1964, at age 69. [2] [3]