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Charles Gordon MacArthur (November 5, 1895 – April 21, 1956) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and 1935 winner of the Academy Award for Best Story.
Jul 19, 1998 · Charles MacArthur (born Nov. 5, 1895, Scranton, Pa., U.S.—died April 21, 1956, New York, N.Y.) was an American journalist, dramatist, and screenwriter. He was a colourful personality who is remembered for his comedies written with Ben Hecht.
Charles MacArthur. Writer: The Scoundrel. "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers out there are starving!" When Patrick Dennis's fictional Auntie Mame uttered this pithy observation, she could have been speaking of Charles MacArthur.
Feb 4, 2019 · The Great Hollywood Screenwriter Who Hated Hollywood. Ben Hecht helped invent modern American cinema—while he was making other plans. By David Denby. February 4, 2019. Hecht (pictured with Charles...
Charles MacARTHUR - Writer. Writer, Producer, and Director. Nationality: American. Born: Charles Gordon MacArthur in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 5 November 1895. Education: Attended Wilson Memorial Academy, Nyack, New York.
Charles MacArthur is known as an Writer, Theatre Play, Actor, Screenplay, Director, Story, Producer, Additional Dialogue, Adaptation, Dialogue, and ADR Coordinator. Some of his work includes His Girl Friday, The Front Page, Angels with Dirty Faces, Wuthering Heights, Gunga Din, Twentieth Century, Switching Channels, and The Front Page.
American screenwriter, playwright, and director Charles MacArthur broke into show business as a collaborator of playwright Ben Hecht; together the two wrote many Broadway hits during the early 1930s, including The Front Page and Twentieth Century.