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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 entertaining screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films.
Subscribe. Caricature of Ben Hecht by fellow Chicago Daily News reporter Gene Markey. “The brooding tones of the gangster saga; the newspaper farce and its hard-boiled banter – these were among Hecht’s signature modes – and whether or not he fathered these forms, he certainly played a major role in their upbringing.”. – Adina ...
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Feb 28, 2019 · Ben Hecht won the first ever Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story. Hecht won this award, now referred to as Best Original Screenplay, for the 1927 movie Underworld, and went on to win the same award for the 1935 film The Scoundrel, which he shared with Charles MacArthur. Hecht also received nominations for Viva Villa!
Ben Hecht. 1894–1964. Ben Hecht was a Jewish American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. Hecht's journey into the world of letters was marked by an insatiable curiosity and an irrepressible urge to tell stories. Raised in a Jewish immigrant family in New York, he absorbed the diverse voices and tales of ...
Twentieth Century (dir. Hawks) Crime without Passion (Hecht co-directed and co-produced) The President Vanishes (dir. Wellman) (uncredited) 1935. The Florentine Dagger. The Scoundrel (co-directed and co-produced) [ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE, BEST ORIGINAL STORY] Once in a Blue Moon (co-directed and co-produced) Barbary Coast (dir. Hawks)
1964. (dob: 70) Ben Hecht / ˈhɛkt / (1894–1964) bio je američki književnik, novinar i filmski scenarist, poznat kao autor nekih od najpopularnijih dramskih tekstova sredine 20. vijeka, odnosno scenarija za neke od najznačajnijih ostvarenja klasičnog Hollywooda . Rodio se kao sin jevrejskog imigranta iz Minska u današnjoj Bjelorusiji.
