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Ben Hecht Rediscovered - Biography, new research and lost works from Hecht's careers as Chicago journalist, New York playwright and Hollywood screenwriter.
Centerstage.net: Ben Hecht - Brief biography of the American writer.
Hecht, Ben - Biography of the American dramatist.

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Ben Hecht - Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry. He was nominated six times for the Academy Award, winning twice, in 1929 and in 1936.
Hazel Flagg - Hazel Flagg is a musical with a book by Ben Hecht, lyrics by Bob Hilliard, and music by Jule Styne. The musical is based on the 1937 screwball comedy film Nothing Sacred; Ben Hecht was the writer of the film's screenplay.
Whirlpool (film) - Whirlpool is an Otto Preminger-directed (1949) film, considered film noir, starring Gene Tierney as the kleptomaniac wife of a psychoanalyst. Produced in 1949 from a Ben Hecht screenplay (under the blacklist pseudonym 'Lester Barstow') and bears a striking resemblance to another Hecht thriller, Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound.
The Iron Petticoat - The Iron Petticoat is a 1956 Cold War comedy motion picture starring Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn and directed by Ralph Thomas (chosen by Hepburn as she enjoyed his "Doctor" series). The original story Not for Money was written by Ben Hecht with Hepburn in mind to play Captain Vinka Kovelenko, a Russian aviatrix who lands in West Germany.
The Goldwyn Follies - The Goldwyn Follies is a 1938 movie, written by Ben Hecht, Sam Perrin and Arthur Phillips, with music by George Gershwin, Vernon Duke, and Ray Golden, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Some sources credit Kurt Weill as one of the composers, but this is apparently incorrect.