Ben Hecht
American writer, director, and producer (1894-1964) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 70
Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America.
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Alfred Hitchcock Directed Lifeboat, Spellbound and Notorious
Howard Hawks Directed Scarface and Twentieth Century
David O. Selznick Produced A Star Is Born and Nothing Sacred
Henry Hathaway Directed Kiss of Death and Legend of the Lost
Otto Preminger Directed Where the Sidewalk Ends and Whirlpool
Thomas Mitchell Ben directed Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Lionel Stander Ben directed The Scoundrel and Soak the Rich
Charles MacArthur Also in The Front Page and Twentieth Century
Eduardo Ciannelli Ben directed The Scoundrel (1935)- Charles Lederer Also in His Girl Friday and Kiss of Death
John Qualen Ben directed Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Rita Hayworth Ben directed Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Cary Grant Also in Gunga Din, His Girl Friday and Notorious
Howard Hughes Produced The Front Page and Scarface
Fredric March Ben directed Design for Living (1933)
Gene Tierney Ben produced China Girl (1942 film) (1942)
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The Black Swan and Lifeboat
Josef von Sternberg Directed Underworld and Duel in the Sun
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Ben directed Angels Over Broadway (1940)
William A. Wellman Directed A Star Is Born and Nothing Sacred
William Dieterle Directed Duel in the Sun and Portrait of Jennie
Harry Davenport Ben produced The Scoundrel (1935)
Walter Connolly Ben directed Soak the Rich (1936)- Charles K. Feldman Produced North to Alaska (1960)
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Hecht in 1919
Caricature of Ben Hecht in 1923, drawn by fellow Chicago reporter (and later screenwriter) Gene Markey
New York City opening of A Flag is Born at the Alvin Playhouse
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Fantazius Mallare, (1922) Wallace Smith (illustrator)
The Sensualists (1959)Freeman Elliott (illustrator)
The Front Page (1928)Awards
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He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films, including six Academy Award nominations and two wins.
