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Ben Hecht

Known for writing · Born 28 February 1894 · Died 18 April 1964 · aged 70 · New York City, New York, USA

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Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A successful journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Hecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known for

Scarface

1983

Notorious

1946

Spellbound

1945

His Girl Friday

1940

Scarface

1932

The Thing from Another World

1951

Lifeboat

1944

Kiss of Death

1995

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938

Wuthering Heights

1939

Monkey Business

1952

Ulysses

1954

Acting (5)

1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelfSeries
1952Actors and SinNarrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (voice)Film
1940Angels Over BroadwayMan in Night Court (uncredited)Film
1935The ScoundrelFlop House BumFilm
1934Crime Without PassionCourt Interviewer with Pipe (uncredited)Film

Crew (12)

19647 Faces of Dr. LaoAdditional WritingFilm
1955The Man with the Golden ArmAdditional WritingFilm
1951The Secret of Convict LakeAdditional WritingFilm
1949Love HappyAdditional WritingFilm
1949We Were StrangersAdditional WritingFilm
1948RopeAdditional WritingFilm
1946GildaAdditional WritingFilm
1940The Shop Around the CornerAdditional WritingFilm
1940Foreign CorrespondentAdditional WritingFilm
1939StagecoachAdditional WritingFilm
1937The HurricaneAdditional WritingFilm
1934Queen ChristinaAdditional Writing, WriterFilm

Directing (7)

1952Actors and SinDirector, Producer, WriterFilm
1950The Pink HussarDirector, WriterFilm
1949Concerning a Woman of SinDirector, WriterFilm
1949Miracle in the RainDirector, WriterFilm
1948The Front PageDirector, WriterFilm
1946Specter of the RoseDirector, Producer, WriterFilm
1935The ScoundrelDirector, Producer, StoryFilm

Production (2)

1942China GirlProducer, ScreenplayFilm
1936Soak the RichProducer, Writer, DirectorFilm

Writing (103)

1995Kiss of DeathOriginal Film WriterFilm
1988Switching ChannelsWriterFilm
1986I Hate ActorsNovelFilm
1983ScarfaceOriginal Film WriterFilm
1974The Front PageTheatre PlayFilm
1969Gaily, GailyNovelFilm
1964Circus WorldScreenplayFilm
1962Walk on the Wild SideWriterFilm
1962Billy Rose's JumboTheatre PlayFilm
1960North to AlaskaScreenplayFilm
1958Queen of Outer SpaceStoryFilm
1958The Fiend Who Walked the WestAdaptationFilm
1957Legend of the LostScreenplayFilm
1957A Farewell to ArmsScreenplayFilm
1956TrapezeWriterFilm
1956The Iron PetticoatScreenplayFilm
1956Miracle in the RainNovel, ScreenplayFilm
1955The Indian FighterScreenplayFilm
1954UlyssesScreenplayFilm
1954Living It UpTheatre PlayFilm
1953Angel FaceScreenplayFilm
1953Indiscretion of an American WifeWriterFilm
1952Monkey BusinessScreenplayFilm
1951The Thing from Another WorldWriterFilm
1950Where the Sidewalk EndsScreenplayFilm
1950WhirlpoolScreenplayFilm
1950September AffairWriterFilm
1950Edge of DoomWriterFilm
1950Perfect StrangersTheatre PlayFilm
1950The Murder ClubWriterFilm
1950Miracle in the RainAuthorFilm
1949Roseanna McCoyWriterFilm
1949Big JackWriterFilm
1949The Twentieth CenturyWriterFilm
1948Portrait of JennieWriterFilm
1948The Miracle of the BellsScreenplayFilm
1947Kiss of DeathScreenplayFilm
1947Ride the Pink HorseScreenplayFilm
1947Her Husband's AffairsWriterFilm
1946NotoriousWriterFilm
1946Duel in the SunWriterFilm
1945SpellboundScreenplayFilm
1945CorneredWriterFilm
1945Watchtower Over TomorrowScreenplayFilm
1945The Front PageWriterFilm
1944LifeboatWriterFilm
1942The Black SwanScreenplayFilm
1942Tales of ManhattanWriterFilm
1942Ten Gentlemen from West PointWriterFilm
1941Second ChorusWriterFilm
1941LydiaScreenplayFilm
1940His Girl FridayTheatre Play, ScreenplayFilm
1940Angels Over BroadwayWriter, Producer, DirectorFilm
1940Comrade XScreenplayFilm
1940I Take This WomanWriterFilm
1939Wuthering HeightsScreenplayFilm
1939Gunga DinStoryFilm
1939It's a Wonderful WorldScreenplay, StoryFilm
1939Eternally YoursWriterFilm
1939Lady of the TropicsScreenplayFilm
1939Some Like It HotTheatre Play, WriterFilm
1939Let Freedom RingScreenplay, StoryFilm
1938Angels with Dirty FacesWriterFilm
1938The Goldwyn FolliesScreenplay, StoryFilm
1937A Star Is BornWriterFilm
1937Nothing SacredScreenplayFilm
1937The Prisoner of ZendaWriterFilm
1937Woman Chases ManWriterFilm
1937King of GamblersWriterFilm
1935Barbary CoastWriterFilm
1935The Florentine DaggerWriterFilm
1935Spring TonicTheatre PlayFilm
1935Once in a Blue MoonWriter, Producer, DirectorFilm
1934Twentieth CenturyScreenplayFilm
1934Viva Villa!ScreenplayFilm
1934Crime Without PassionScreenplay, Director, Producer, StoryFilm
1934UpperworldStoryFilm
1934RiptideWriterFilm
1934The President VanishesWriterFilm
1934Shoot the WorksTheatre Play, WriterFilm
1933Design for LivingScreenplayFilm
1933TopazeScreenplayFilm
1933Turn Back the ClockScreenplayFilm
1933Hallelujah, I'm a BumStoryFilm
1932ScarfaceScreenplayFilm
1932The Beast of the CityWriterFilm
1932Million Dollar LegsWriterFilm
1932Rasputin and the EmpressWriterFilm
1932Back StreetWriterFilm
1931The Front PageWriterFilm
1931The Sin of Madelon ClaudetWriterFilm
1931Quick MillionsWriterFilm
1931The Unholy GardenStory, Dialogue, ScreenplayFilm
1931Homicide SquadWriterFilm
1930Street of ChanceWriterFilm
1930Roadhouse NightsStoryFilm
1930The Green SpecterStoryFilm
1930Si l'empereur savait çaOriginal StoryFilm
1929The Great GabboStoryFilm
1929The Unholy NightStoryFilm
1928The Big NoiseStoryFilm
1927UnderworldStoryFilm
1926The New KlondikeWriterFilm