Charles MacArthur
- Writing
- November 5, 1895 · Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
- April 21, 1956
Biography
Charles MacArthur was an American playwright, screenwriter, and journalist, renowned for his collaborations with Ben Hecht. Together, they co-wrote the classic play The Front Page (1928), a satirical look at newspaper reporters that has been adapted multiple times for stage and screen. MacArthur also co-wrote Twentieth Century (1932), a screwball comedy that became a Broadway hit. His work is celebrated for its sharp wit and insightful commentary on American society.
Known for
Filmography
- Switching Channels · Writer
- The Front Page · Theatre Play
- Mission: Impossible
- Billy Rose's Jumbo · Theatre Play
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- Gunsmoke · Taylor
- Perfect Strangers · Theatre Play
- The Twentieth Century · Writer
- The Front Page · Writer
- Lulu Belle · Theatre Play
- The Senator Was Indiscreet · Writer
- The Front Page · Writer
- I Take This Woman · Story
- His Girl Friday · Theatre Play
- Wuthering Heights · Screenplay
- Gunga Din · Story
- Angels with Dirty Faces · Writer
- Soak the Rich · Director, Writer
- Barbary Coast · Writer
- Spring Tonic · Theatre Play
- Once in a Blue Moon · Director, Writer
- The Scoundrel · Flop House Bum, Director
- The President Vanishes · Writer
- Crime Without Passion · Second Interviewer (uncredited), Director
- Twentieth Century · Screenplay
- Rasputin and the Empress · Screenplay
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet · Writer
- The Unholy Garden · Story, Dialogue
- New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford · Adaptation
- The Front Page · Writer
- Love in Every Port · ADR Coordinator
- Paid · Adaptation, Writer
- Way for a Sailor · Additional Dialogue
- Billy the Kid · Additional Dialogue
- The Girl Said No · Writer
- Street of Chance · Writer