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Ben Hecht (/ h ɛ k t /; February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) 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.
Oct 29, 2015 · From It’s A Wonderful World to Scarface, Casino Royale and Mutiny on the Bounty, Jewish-American screenwriter Ben Hecht was the Oscar-winning powerhouse behind more than 120 scripts during Hollywood’s Golden Era.
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.
- Mark Horowitz
Feb 4, 2019 · Ben Hecht helped invent modern American cinema while he was making other plans, David Denby writes.
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.
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.
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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.
