    
Title: Ben Hecht Description: Ben Hecht (1894-1964), American author, newspaperman, playwright and screenwriter; shown in 1955, prolific and superlative novelist (35 books of fiction), Erik Dorn (1921); playwright, The Front Page (1928); and screenwriter (winner of the first Academy Award for Best Screenplay, Underworld, 1927), his most notable films being: The Great Gabbo (1929); The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931); The Beast of the City (1932); Scarface (1932); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Design for Living (1933); Queen Christina (1933); Twentieth Century (1934); Viva Villa! (1934); Barbary Coast (1935); The Scoundrel (1935); Nothing Sacred (1937); Gunga Din (1939); Gone with the Wind (1939; not credited); It's A Wonderful World (1939); Wuthering Heights (1939); His Girl Friday (1940; remake of The Front Page); Angels Over Broadway (1940; which Hecht produced and directed); The Black Swan (1942); Journey Into Fear (1943; not credited); Lifeboat (1944, not credited); Spellbound (1945); Notorious (1946); Specter of the Rose (1946, which Hecht also directed); Kiss of Death (1947, remade in 1994); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Portrait of Jennie (1948); The Miracle of the Bells (1948); Where the Sidewalks Ends (1950); Strangers on a Train (1951; not credited); Monkey Business (1952); Miracle in the Rain (1956); A Farewell to Arms (1957); authors; books; Category: Authors Keywords: newspapermen, novelists, playwrights, screenwriters Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1800 x 2418 (4.35 MPixels) (1.34) Print Size: 15.2 x 20.5 cm; 6.0 x 8.1 inches File Size: 12.48 MB (13,090,004 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000055342 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
