Wild is the 'wind' Nov 9, 2009
They included Ben Hecht (who wrote the flowery opening titles), F. Scott Fitzgerald and producer David O. Selznick ... They included Ben Hecht (who wrote the flowery opening titles), F. Scott Fitzgerald and producer David O. Selznick. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Wuthering Heights a Story of Passio... Nov 8, 2009
Writers: Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht. Based on a novel by Emily Bronte. (Suite101.com)
Viewpoints: Hard-hit publications gamble that selling vice will save them Oct 22, 2009
In his memoir, "Gaily, Gaily," Ben Hecht describes his years as a cub reporter at the Chicago Daily Journal starting in 1910. It was a time when reporters were still "exotic adults," he writes, and journalism was considered by many as "a catch basin for hooligans, bar flies and minor swindlers.". (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
David Denby: The forgotten man behind two of Hollywood’s most enduring classics. May 18, 2009
At one time or another, as many as fifteen writers worked on the movie, until finally, in early 1939, as production stalled and hundreds of salaried people sat around idle, Selznick turned to Ben Hecht, the greatest and most cynical of Hollywood screenwriters. Hecht agreed to work on the script as long as he didn t have to read the book. (New Yorker)
REVIEW: Moonlight and Magnolias offers backstage glimpse Apr 28, 2009
We re in the Holly wood office of producer David O. Selznick (David Jepson), who has called in a new director, Victor Fleming (Jude Pescatello) and a script doctor, Ben Hecht (Arthur Pignataro), to try to put together a screenplay before shooting starts ... Hutchinson s script does get bogged down in a couple of blind alleys along the way there is too much time spent on the scene where Scarlett O Hara slaps Prissie for running away during Melanie s pregnancy (Ben Hecht seems to think it shows... (Westerly Sun, RI)
Frankly, my dear, youll love Moonlight & Magnolias Apr 17, 2009
So he calls in a new director, Victor Fleming (Pescatello), and a new script writer, Ben Hecht (the crackling Jewish wit responsible for The Front Page, played here by Arthur Pignataro). Selznick then locks the door to his office and demands a complete rewrite by the end of the week. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Granite to premiere Moonlight & Magnolias Apr 10, 2009
David Jepson, middle, as David O. Selznick, Jude Pescatello, left, as Victor Fleming and Arthur Pignataro as Ben Hecht rehearse a scene from Moonlight and Magnolias at the Granite Theatre ... Fire the director, pull Victor Fleming off The Wizard of Oz, and lock himself, Fleming, and script doctor Ben Hecht in his office for five days until they have a screenplay. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Oscar Winning Women Screenwriters Mar 12, 2009
Marion was the highest paid and one of the most prolific screenwriters until Ben Hecht eclipsed her on both counts by the end of the 1930 s. Between 1929 and 1933 Marion was nominated three times for the Academy Award, and she received two of them. In addition to her Oscar in Best Writing, Achievement for The Big House, she also received the Best Writing, Story Oscar for The Champ. (Suite101.com)
Plays author to visit LWLT show Mar 12, 2009
Born and raised in Chicago, she graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.A. in English Literature (cum laude) and returned to Chicago to begin her writing career in the city of Ben Hecht, the writer she most admired. Earlier in her career she wrote three plays, two of which were finalists in the Eugene O Neill Playwright s Conference. (Lake Wales News, FL)
