Ben Hecht
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| Born: 02/28/1894 New York, NY |
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Biography: Hecht began writing for films in the late '20s, and over the next four decades worked on scripts for such notable directors as Lewis Milestone (Hallelujah, I'm a Bum), Ernst Lubitsch (Design for Living), Howard Hawks (Barbary Coast, Monkey Business), William A. Wellman (Nothing Sacred), George Stevens (Gunga Din), William Wyler (Wuthering Heights), Alfred Hitchcock (Spellbound, Notorious), Henry Hathaway (Kiss of Death, Circus World), and Otto Preminger (Whirlpool, Where the Sidewalk Ends). In collaboration with Charles MacArthur, Hecht wrote several notable plays, including The Front Page and Twentieth Century; the two also co-wrote and co-directed the films Crime Without Passion, The Scoundrel, Once in a Blue Moon, and Soak the Rich. |
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DVDs that Ben Hecht appeared in...
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- 08/20/2002 - Angels Over Broadway
DVDs that Ben Hecht worked on "behind the scenes"...
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- 08/04/2009 - Actors and Sin - Director
- 06/21/2009 - Scarface [Fullscreen] - Producer
- 10/21/2008 - Casino Royale [40th Anniversary Edition] - Screenwriter
- 08/05/2008 - A Farewell to Arms [Cliff Notes Edition] - Director
- 06/26/2007 - Queen of Outer Space - Producer
- 05/22/2007 - Scarface - Screenwriter
- 02/06/2007 - Miracle in the Rain - Screenwriter
- 07/11/2006 - The Black Swan - Screenwriter
- 12/06/2005 - Kiss of Death - Screenwriter
- 09/06/2005 - Whirlpool - Play Author