Ben Hecht

Former journalist and playwright ("The Front Page", "Twentieth Century") who entered films in 1927. Alone or in collaboration (often with Charles MacArthur), Hecht quickly turned out the witty, well-plotted scripts for some of Hollywood's most acclaimed films of the 1930s and 40s in every genre from screwball comedies to crime thrillers. His prolific (and highly-paid) output includes the cynical comedy classic "Nothing Sacred" (1937), the superb adaptation of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" (1939), and Hitchcock's "Notorious" (1946), which has at its center one of filmdom's most compelling villains.Hecht also worked uncredited on numerous classic scripts including "Back Street" (1932), "Topaze", "Queen Christina" (both 1933), "The Hurricane" (1937), "Gone With the Wind" (1939), "Foreign Correspondent", "The Shop Around the Corner" (both 1940), "Gilda" (1946), and "Roman Holiday" (1953) and directed a number of films, none of which were particularly successful. In the late 1940s, due to his outspoken criticism of English policy in Palestine, his name was removed from any of his films shown in British theaters.

Former journalist and playwright ("The Front Page", "Twentieth Century") who entered films in 1927. Alone or in collaboration (often with Charles MacArthur), Hecht quickly turned out the witty, well-plotted scripts for some of Hollywood's most acclaimed films of the 1930s and 40s in every genre from screwball comedies to crime thrillers. His prolific (and highly-paid) output includes the cynical comedy classic "Nothing Sacred" (1937), the superb adaptation of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" (1939), and Hitchcock's "Notorious" (1946), which has at its center one of filmdom's most compelling villains.

Hecht also worked uncredited on numerous classic scripts including "Back Street" (1932), "Topaze", "Queen Christina" (both 1933), "The Hurricane" (1937), "Gone With the Wind" (1939), "Foreign Correspondent", "The Shop Around the Corner" (both 1940), "Gilda" (1946), and "Roman Holiday" (1953) and directed a number of films, none of which were particularly successful. In the late 1940s, due to his outspoken criticism of English policy in Palestine, his name was removed from any of his films shown in British theaters.

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