Eric S. Hatch
Eric S. Hatch (October 31, 1901 - July 4, 1973) was an American writer on the staff of The New Yorker and a novelist and screenwriter best known for his books 1101 Park Avenue, (which became a hit film in 1936 under the title My Man Godfrey) and The Year of the Horse (which was adapted as a Disney comedy with the title, The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit).[1]
Biography
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Born in
stock brokerage firm he founded in 1888. Eric was the younger brother of biographer, Alden Hatch
.
Boucher and McComas praised his 1950 fantasy The Beautiful Bequest, saying it had "the zestful appeal of a good novel from the lamented Unknown."[2]
Eric Hatch died in Torrington, Connecticut at age seventy-one.
Bibliography
- A Couple of Quick Ones, 1928
- Romance Prescribed, 1930
- Lover's Loot, 1931
- Five Days, 1933
- Road Show, 1934
- Fly By Night, 1935
- My Man Godfrey, 1935
- Good Old Jack, 1937
- Unexpected Uncle, 1941
- Words and Music, 1943
- The Unexpected Warrior, 1947
- The Beautiful Bequest, 1950
- Crockett's Women, 1951
- The Golden Woman, 1952
- 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
Screenplays
- 1931: Sidewalks of New York
- 1936: My Man Godfrey
- 1937: Topper
- 1957: My Man Godfrey
- 1968: The Horse in the Grey Flannel Suit
References
- ^ July 6, 1973 New York Times article on the death of Eric Hatch
- F&SF, Summer 1950, p.107
External links
- Eric S. Hatch at IMDb
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