Ben Hecht
- Writing
- February 28, 1894 · New York City, New York, USA
- April 18, 1964
Biography
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
Filmography
- Kiss of Death · Original Film Writer
- Switching Channels · Writer
- I Hate Actors · Novel
- Scarface · Original Film Writer
- The Front Page · Theatre Play
- Gaily, Gaily · Novel
- Circus World · Screenplay
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao · Additional Writing
- Billy Rose's Jumbo · Theatre Play
- Walk on the Wild Side · Writer
- North to Alaska · Screenplay
- Queen of Outer Space · Story
- The Fiend Who Walked the West · Adaptation
- Legend of the Lost · Screenplay
- A Farewell to Arms · Screenplay
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · Self
- The Iron Petticoat · Screenplay
- Trapeze · Writer
- Miracle in the Rain · Novel, Screenplay
- The Man with the Golden Arm · Additional Writing
- The Indian Fighter · Screenplay
- Ulysses · Screenplay
- Living It Up · Theatre Play
- Indiscretion of an American Wife · Writer
- Angel Face · Screenplay
- Monkey Business · Screenplay
- Actors and Sin · Narrator (segment "Woman of Sin") (Voice), Director
- The Secret of Convict Lake · Additional Writing
- The Thing from Another World · Writer
- The Murder Club · Writer
- September Affair · Writer
- Edge of Doom · Writer
- Where the Sidewalk Ends · Screenplay
- Miracle in the Rain · Author
- The Pink Hussar · Writer, Director
- Perfect Strangers · Theatre Play
- Whirlpool · Screenplay
- Love Happy · Additional Writing
- Roseanna McCoy · Writer
- The Twentieth Century · Writer
- We Were Strangers · Additional Writing
- Big Jack · Writer
- Concerning a Woman of Sin · Writer, Director
- Miracle in the Rain · Director, Writer
- Portrait of Jennie · Writer
- The Front Page · Writer, Director
- The Miracle of the Bells · Screenplay
- Rope · Additional Writing
- Her Husband's Affairs · Writer
- Ride the Pink Horse · Screenplay
- Kiss of Death · Screenplay
- Duel in the Sun · Writer
- Notorious · Writer
- Specter of the Rose · Director, Writer
- Gilda · Additional Writing
- Cornered · Writer
- The Front Page · Writer
- Spellbound · Screenplay
- Watchtower Over Tomorrow · Screenplay
- Lifeboat · Writer
- China Girl · Producer, Screenplay
- The Black Swan · Screenplay
- Tales of Manhattan · Writer
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point · Writer
- Lydia · Screenplay
- Second Chorus · Writer
- Comrade X · Screenplay
- Angels Over Broadway · Man in Night Court (uncredited), Director
- Foreign Correspondent · Additional Writing
- I Take This Woman · Writer
- His Girl Friday · Theatre Play, Screenplay
- The Shop Around the Corner · Additional Writing
- Gone with the Wind · Screenplay
- Eternally Yours · Writer
- Lady of the Tropics · Screenplay
- It's a Wonderful World · Screenplay, Story
- Some Like It Hot · Theatre Play, Writer
- Wuthering Heights · Screenplay
- Stagecoach · Additional Writing
- Let Freedom Ring · Story, Screenplay