Eric S. Hatch (October 31, 1901 - July 4, 1973) was an American writer on the staff of ''

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'' and a novelist and

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best known for his books ''1101 Park Avenue,'' (which became a hit

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in 1936 under the title ''

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'') and ''The Year of the Horse'' (which was adapted as a Disney comedy with the title, ''

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'').

Biography

Born in

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, Eric was the son of May D. Hatch and her husband Frederic H. Hatch, owner of a successful

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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

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.""Recommended Reading," ''

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'', Summer 1950, p.107 Eric Hatch died in

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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: ''

'' * 1937: '' Topper'' * 1957: ''

'' * 1968: ''

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References

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