Maurice Hanline
Also recorded as Maurice A. Hanline
Maurice Hanline
- Born
- 1895 · Baltimore.
- Died
- 1964 · Los Angeles.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- writer · poet · novelist · screenwriter
- Education
- Baltimore City College
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Maurice A. Hanline • Born — June 6, 1895 • Birthplace — Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. • Died — September 1964 • Education — Baltimore City College • Occupation — * Playwright • poet • novelist • screenwriter • Spouse — Patricia O'Brien Maurice A. Hanline (June 6, 1895 - September 1964) was an American playwright, poet, novelist and screenwriter. He worked as a screenwriter for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for more than three decades.
Early life
Hanline was born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Baltimore City College.
Career
Hanline staged his own play, The Woman of Samaria, in Baltimore in 1921. He worked in publishing in New York City for Horace Liveright in the 1920s, and he became a published poet. In 1930, he began working as a screenwriter for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Los Angeles. He published his first novel, Years of Indiscretion in 1935. He worked for MGM until his death. Movies he worked on include Lottery Lover (1935), Four Wives (1939), and Steel Against the Sky (1941).
Personal life and death
Hanline married Patricia O'Brien. He died in 1964, at age 69.
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- 1.Maurice Hanline.
- 2.M. A. Hanline Rites Today. Baltimore Poet, Novelist Was Living in California. The Baltimore Sun. 19. September 15, 1964.
- 3.M. A. Hanline, Poet, Novelist, Film Writer. The Evening Sun. 23. September 14, 1964.
- 4.Goetz, George. Introducing This Poet And Playwright, Who Is A Philosopher As Well. The Baltimore Sun. 71. December 11, 1921.
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