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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 ...
Jul 6, 1973 · Eric Stowe Hatch, a member of the original staff of The New Yorker who stayed until the any nineteen‐fifties, was peraps best known for his novel ‘My Man Godfrey,” which was twice made into ...
Eric S. Hatch (1902-1973) was kicked out of various schools, worked for Fisk & Hatch on Wall Street and found out he could write. He was The New Yorker 's first sports columnist, covering steeplechase, polo and sailing.
The screenplay for My Man Godfrey was written by Morrie Ryskind, with uncredited contributions by La Cava, based on 1101 Park Avenue, a short novel by Eric S. Hatch. The story concerns a socialite who hires a derelict to be her family's butler, and then falls in love with him.
Eric Hatch has 57 books on Goodreads with 458 ratings. Eric Hatch’s most popular book is My Man Godfrey.
Former staff writer for The New Yorker. Author of short stories and 25 novels. In the 1950's, he bought the radio station WBIS in Bristol, Connecticut. Hatch avidly pursued his interest in American history and was elected in 1967 chairman of the American revolution Bicentennial Commission.
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First published as a serial in Liberty magazine, the story was later issued as a hugely successful novel, My Man Godfrey. Author Eric S. Hatch was summoned to Hollywood to write the screenplay for the famous 1936 screwball comedy, with help from Morrie Ryskind.
