Ben Hecht
Writing

Ben Hecht

Born 28 February 1894 · New York City, New York, USA · Died 18 April 1964

Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A successful 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 stories or screenplays of some seventy films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Hecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Gone with the Wind
Notorious
Spellbound
His Girl Friday
Scarface
The Thing from Another World
Lifeboat
Angels with Dirty Faces
Wuthering Heights
Monkey Business
Ulysses
A Star Is Born
Switching Channels
I Hate Actors
Gaily, Gaily
Circus World
Walk on the Wild Side
North to Alaska
Queen of Outer Space
Legend of the Lost
A Farewell to Arms
Trapeze
The Iron Petticoat
Miracle in the Rain
The Indian Fighter
Ulysses
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Angel Face
Actors and Sin
Monkey Business
The Thing from Another World
Edge of Doom
Whirlpool
Where the Sidewalk Ends
September Affair
The Pink Hussar
The Murder Club
Roseanna McCoy
Miracle in the Rain
The Twentieth Century
Big Jack
Concerning a Woman of Sin
The Miracle of the Bells
The Front Page
Portrait of Jennie
Kiss of Death
Ride the Pink Horse
Her Husband's Affairs
Specter of the Rose
Notorious
Duel in the Sun
Spellbound
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Cornered
The Front Page
Lifeboat
The Black Swan
China Girl
Tales of Manhattan
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Lydia
Second Chorus
Comrade X
Angels Over Broadway
His Girl Friday
I Take This Woman
Wuthering Heights
It's a Wonderful World
Let Freedom Ring
Lady of the Tropics
Gunga Din
Eternally Yours
Some Like It Hot
Gone with the Wind
The Goldwyn Follies
Angels with Dirty Faces
Nothing Sacred
A Star Is Born
King of Gamblers
Woman Chases Man
The Prisoner of Zenda
Soak the Rich
The Scoundrel
Barbary Coast
The Florentine Dagger
Once in a Blue Moon
Twentieth Century
Crime Without Passion
Upperworld
Viva Villa!
The President Vanishes
Queen Christina
Shoot the Works
Riptide
Design for Living
Turn Back the Clock
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Topaze
Scarface
Million Dollar Legs
Back Street
The Beast of the City
Rasputin and the Empress
The Front Page
The Unholy Garden
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Quick Millions
Homicide Squad
Street of Chance
Roadhouse Nights
The Green Specter
The Great Gabbo
The Big Noise
Underworld
The New Klondike
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