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Ben Hecht

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American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist (1894–1964)

Born 1893
Died 1964

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  • Cover of: A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago

    Cover of edition athousandandone00hechgoog First published in 1922 — 30 editions
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    First published in 2016 — 17 editions
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    Cover of edition frontpageplayint0000hech First published in 1928 — 17 editions
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    First published in 1921 — 14 editions
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    Cover of edition gailygaily00hech First published in 1963 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Fantazius Mallare, a mysterious oath

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    First published in 1944 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1916 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1931 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1964 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1961 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1924 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Florentine dagger: a novel for amateur detectives

    First published in 1923 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1926 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1946 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1959 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1900 — 3 editions
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We need a photo of Ben Hecht

American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist (1894–1964)

Born 1893
Died 1964

Subjects

Fiction, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama, American Authors, American Short stories, American literature, Biography, Correspondence, Correspondence, reminiscences, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jews, Journalists, Literary collections, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Short Stories, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), short story, Action and adventure films, Actresses, American Fiction, American Horror tales, American Personal narratives, American drama, American fiction, Annual Series

Places

Chicago (Ill.), Chicago, Illinois, United States, Chicago (Ill.) Middle West, Chicago (Illinois), Germany, Hollywood, Hungary, Jerusalem, Los Angeles (Calif.), New York (N.Y.), North Africa, Sahara, Toledo

People

Ben Hecht (1893-1964), Ben Hecht, Aylmer, Ben Hecht (1894-1964), Ben, 1893-1964 Hecht, Charles MacArthur (1895-1956), Charlie Chaplin, Eveline Hill, Farrington, Father Time, George Grosz (1893-1959), Georgiana, Herman Rosse, Lloyd Lewis, Malkiel Grinṿald, Malkiʾel Grinṿald, Max Sennett, Moon Quan, Mr. Alleyne, Mrs. Sommers, Norman Selby, Olga Petrova, Rezső Rudolf Kasztner (1906-1957), Stanislaw Szukalski, Tom

Time

20th century, 1921-1922, 1918-1933, 19th century, Roaring 20s

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Alternative names

  • Ben Hecht
  • Hecht, Ben, 1893-1964.
  • Ben 1893-1964 Hecht
  • Hecht, Ben. Fowler, Gene.
  • Ben Ben Hecht

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November 4, 2024 Edited by mheiman merge authors
January 2, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
August 2, 2017 Edited by Tom Morris Normal name order
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import