Ben Hecht (1894 - 1964)


* February 28, 1894 New York City, New York, USA
 April 18, 1964 New York City, New York, USA


Vintage magazines

Photoplay, August 1931

Books by Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht
A Child of the Century
New York, 1954

Marilyn Monroe with Ben Hecht My Story Marilyn Monroe with Ben Hecht
My Story
2006

Ben Hecht
Von Chicago nach Hollywood, Erinnerungen an den amerikanischen Traum
Berlin, 2009

Books on Ben Hecht

Adina Hoffman Ben hecht Adina Hoffman
Ben hecht, Fighting words, moving pictures
New Haven, CT, 2019

William McAdams
Ben Hecht, a Biography
New York, 1990

William MacAdams
Ben Hecht, The Man Behind the Legend
New York, 1988

Jeffrey Brown Martin
Ben Hecht, Hollywood Screenwriter
Ann Arbor, Mich, 1985

Books with substantial mentioning of Ben Hecht

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 4. Writers and Production Artists
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Duane Byrge, Robert Milton Miller The Screwball Comedy Films Duane Byrge, Robert Milton Miller
The Screwball Comedy Films, A History and Filmography, 1934-1942
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Books with an entry on Ben Hecht

Lloyd Hughes
The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies
London, 2005

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Glenn Mitchell The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia Glenn Mitchell
The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia
London, 1996

Films

1926
The New Klondike

1927
Underworld

1928
The Big Noise

1929
The Great Gabbo
The Unholy Night

1930
Roadhouse Nights
Street of Chance

1931
The Unholy Garden
The Front Page
Monkey Business
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Quick Millions
Homicide Squad

1932
Scarface
The Beast of the City
Back Street
Million Dollar Legs
Rasputin and the Empress

1933
Design for Living
Hallelujah I'm a Bum
Topaze

1934
Crime Without Passion
The President Vanishes
Viva Villa!
Upperworld
Shoot the Works
Twentieth Century
Riptide

1935
The Scoundrel
Once in a Blue Moon
The Florentine Dagger
Barbary Coast
Spring Tonic

1936
Soak the Rich

1937
Nothing Sacred
King of Gamblers
The Hurricane

1938
The Goldwyn Follies
Angels with Dirty Faces

1939
Lady of the Tropics
It's a Wonderful World
Wuthering Heights
Gunga Din
Stagecoach
Eternally Yours

1940
Angels Over Broadway
Foreign Correspondent
Comrade X
His Girl Friday
The Shop Around the Corner
I Take This Woman
Second Chorus

1941
Lydia

1942
The Black Swan
China Girl
Tales of Manhattan
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Roxie Hart

1943
Journey Into Fear
The Outlaw

1944
Lifeboat

1945
Spellbound
Watchtower over Tomorrow
Cornered

1946
Specter of the Rose
Notorious
Gilda

1947
Kiss of Death
The Paradine Case
Ride the Pink Horse
Dishonored Lady
Her Husband's Affairs

1948
The Miracle of the Bells
Rope
Cry of the City

1949
Whirlpool
The Inspector General
Big Jack
We Were Strangers
Love Happy
Roseanna McCoy

1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Perfect Strangers
September Affair
Edge of Doom

1951
Strangers on a Train
The Thing From Another World

1952
Actor's and Sin
Monkey Business
Hans Christian Andersen
The Wild Heart
Angel Face

1954
Living It Up
Ulisse

1955
The Indian Fighter
Guys and Dolls
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
The Man with the Golden Arm

1956
The Iron Petticoat
Miracle in the Rain
Notre Dame de Paris
Trapeze

1957
A Farewell to Arms
Legend of the Lost

1958
Queen of Outer Space
The Gun Runners
The Fiend Who Walked the West

1959
John Paul Jones

1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Walk on the Wild Side

1964
Circus World

1974
The Front Page

1983
Scarface

1995
Kiss of Death

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