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Ben Hecht

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American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist

Born 1893
Died 1964

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  • Cover of: A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago

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    First published in 1921 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Fantazius Mallare, a mysterious oath

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  • Cover of: Gaily, gaily.

    First published in 1963 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1931 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1964 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1944 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1961 — 4 editions
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We need a photo of Ben Hecht

American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist

Born 1893
Died 1964

Subjects

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

Places

Chicago (Ill.), Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles (Calif.), United States, Chicago (Ill.) Middle West, Chicago (Illinois), Germany, Hollywood, Hungary, Jerusalem, 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

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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
June 6, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import