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Motivated by what became the Holocaust —the mass-murder of Jews in Europe—Hecht wrote articles and plays, such as We Will Never Die in 1943 and A Flag is Born in 1946. [4] Thereafter, he wrote many screenplays anonymously to avoid a British boycott of his work in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Ben Hecht was a prolific and influential screenwriter, playwright and novelist who won two Oscars and wrote classics like Underworld, Scarface and Notorious. He also worked as a journalist, a script doctor and a producer, and was involved in social and political causes.
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Ben Hecht (born February 28, 1894, New York City, New York, U.S.—died April 18, 1964, New York City) was an American novelist, playwright, and film writer who, as a newspaperman in the 1920s, perfected a type of human interest sketch that was widely emulated.
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Feb 4, 2019 · Ben Hecht, the greatest of American screenwriters, produced, near the end of his career, a garrulous autobiography, “A Child of the Century,” in which he tells us the following: In 1910, at ...
Feb 28, 2019 · Born on this day 125 years ago, Ben Hecht is one of American history's most complicated and compelling figures. Here's what you need to know to become familiar with the prolific screenwriter and activist.
“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 Hoffman (author of Ben Hecht, Fighting Words, Moving Pictures)
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Apr 17, 2019 · Adina Hoffman’s “Ben Hecht” and Julien Gorbach’s “The Notorious Ben Hecht” examine the man’s career as both a screenwriter and a political activist.
