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Ben Hecht. Writer: Notorious. Ben Hecht, one of Hollywood's and Broadway's greatest writers, won an Oscar for best original story for Underworld (1927) at the first Academy Awards in 1929 and had a hand in the writing of many classic films. He was nominated five more times for the best writing Oscar, winning (along with writing partner and friend Charles MacArthur, with whom he wrote the classic play "The Front...
Ben Hecht. Ben Hecht (1893-1964) was an American Jewish journalist, novelist, and playwright. Although Hecht was primarily a writer of Hollywood film scripts, his best known work is The Front Page, a play that he co-authored with Charles MacArthur in 1928. Hecht had little to do with Judaism and Jewish affairs until the Nazis seized power.
Feb 3, 2016 · Ben Hecht was his real name and it is almost onomatopoeic: his scripts would indeed become “hecked” and “helled” as his characters exchanged quips and curses with the lightning speed of the Tommy Guns that the Mafia and other gangsters used in the 20s and 30s to control much of Depression-era America, leading to the description of his trademark style of rapid-fire dialogue as “machine-gun dialogue”.
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 ...
May 8, 2018 · HECHT, BEN (1893–1964), U.S. novelist and playwright. Born in New York City, Hecht was brought up in Racine, Wisconsin. He rebelled against a college education and after a variety of jobs became a reporter first on the Chicago Journal then on the Chicago Daily News .
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.
Books. Hecht, Ben, Reclaiming the American Dream: Proven Solutions for Creating Economic Opportunity for All (Brookings Press, 2018) Hecht, Ben, Developing Affordable Housing: A Practical Guide for Nonprofits (3d ed. 2006) (John Wiley & Sons, 3rd ed, 2006).
