A. E. Hotchner

Writing

A. E. Hotchner

Born June 28, 1917 · St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Died February 15, 2020 · aged 102

Aaron Edward Hotchner was an American editor, novelist, playwright, and biographer. He wrote many television screenplays as well as noted biographies of Doris Day and Ernest Hemingway. He co-founded the charity food company Newman's Own with actor Paul Newman.

Known For

King of the HillKing of the Hill · 1993
King of the Hill
6.81993
MovieDramaHistory
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young ManHemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man · 1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
5.61962
MovieDramaRomance
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
The Man Who Lived at the RitzThe Man Who Lived at the Ritz · 1988
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
4.31988
MovieTV MovieDrama
In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn Europe while visiting Paris and staying at the fabulous Ritz hotel. Rather than cope constructively with it all, the fellow opts to ignore it and continue living the high-life for as long as possible.
After the StormAfter the Storm · 2001
After the Storm
3.92001
MovieDramaThriller
On the run from smugglers and the police, world-weary scavenger Arno (Benjamin Bratt) takes a job as a courier for a tycoon. But when the tycoon's yacht goes down in a storm, can Arno partner with a fellow sea scavenger to loot the ship's bounty? What awaits are diamonds, emeralds and gold. Guy Ferland directs this tropical noir film, which is based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway. Armand Assante co-stars.
The Snows of KilimanjaroThe Snows of Kilimanjaro · 1960
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
MovieDramaTV Movie
A writer reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection after a safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, after Earnest Hemingway's short story.
Sophia Loren: Her Own StorySophia Loren: Her Own Story · 1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
5.51980
MovieDramaTV Movie
This biopic about actress Sophia Loren covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic fling with Cary Grant, and the birth of her first child, and is tied together with actual clips from some of her movies.
The Fifth ColumnThe Fifth Column · 1960
The Fifth Column
8.31960
MovieTV MovieDrama
A TV film made as part of The Buick-Electra Playhouse.
Looking for MiraclesLooking for Miracles · 1989
Looking for Miracles
6.71989
MovieFamilyDrama
Sixteen-year-old Ryan Delaney has won a scholarship, but it's not a full one, so he needs a summer job to pay for his university expenses. And although he's not eighteen, he can't swim, and has never been to camp, he manages to get a job as a camp couselor. But his mother makes him take his younger brother, Sullivan, with him to camp, since she can't look after him while she's working. But camp turns out to be harder than both Ryan and Sullivan thought it would be; and as they fight their battles, they learn about each other, themselves, and what they can do together.

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