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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 (/ h ɛ k t /; 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.
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...
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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Apr 4, 2019 · In 1947 Mickey Cohen, the Los Angeles crime boss, paid a visit to Ben Hecht, the journalist, screenwriter and propagandist for a Jewish state, to ask how he might best support Jews in...
Oct 22, 2015 · The great screenwriter, director, playwright, journalist, novelist, and civil rights champion Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894–April 18, 1964) addresses this question with uncommon insightfulness in a passage from his 1954 autobiography A Child of the Century (public library).
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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.
