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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.

References

1. "Maurice Hanline". Retrieved December 25, 2020.
2. ^ "M. A. Hanline Rites Today. Baltimore Poet, Novelist Was Living in California". The Baltimore Sun. September 15, 1964. p. 19. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "M. A. Hanline, Poet, Novelist, Film Writer". The Evening Sun. September 14, 1964. p. 23. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Goetz, George (December 11, 1921). "Introducing This Poet And Playwright, Who Is A Philosopher As Well". The Baltimore Sun. p. 71. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Maurice Hanline on IMDb

• 1895 births
• 1964 deaths
• Poets from Baltimore
• Baltimore City College alumni
• American male dramatists and playwrights
• 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
• American male poets
• 20th-century American poets
• American male novelists
• 20th-century American novelists
• American male screenwriters
• 20th-century American male writers
• 20th-century American screenwriters