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Ben Hecht (/ hɛkt /; February 28, 1894 [ 1 ][ 2 ] – 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. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the ...
Feb 4, 2019 · Ben Hecht helped invent modern American cinema—while he was making other plans. By David Denby. February 4, 2019. Hecht (pictured with Charles MacArthur, left, in 1935) helped create both the ...
Apr 17, 2019 · The Holocaust didn’t surprise him. He had already predicted it in a prewar novella. Hecht didn’t become a Jew in 1939; he became a Zionist. The genocide in Europe, Gorbach points out, along ...
- Mark Horowitz
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. His play The Front Page (1928), written with Charles MacArthur, influenced the ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 28, 2019 · Learn about Ben Hecht, one of the most prolific and influential screenwriters in Hollywood history, who also became a militant Zionist and a vocal critic of Nazi Germany. Discover his achievements, controversies, and legacy in this article based on a book by Julien Gorbach.
Learn about Ben Hecht, a prolific and versatile writer, activist, and Holocaust hero. Explore his books, films, plays, awards, and legacy.
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Ben Hecht, né le 28 février 1894 à New York et mort le 18 avril 1964 à New York, est un scénariste, dramaturge, romancier et nouvelliste américain. Il est un des plus célèbres et prolifiques scénaristes d' Hollywood , et le premier lauréat, en 1929 , de l' Oscar de la meilleure histoire originale pour Les Nuits de Chicago ( Underworld ) de Josef von Sternberg , sorti en 1927 .
