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Hecht was raised in Racine, Wisconsin, and as a young man moved to Chicago, where he became a reporter and, eventually, a short-story writer and novelist. He eventually landed in New York, where he met movie mogul David O. Selznick. The two were to be lifelong friends and frequent collaborators.
Hecht eventually moved to Hollywood, where he scripted Josef von Sternberg's gangster story Underworld in 1927, and won an Oscar for his work at the first Academy Awards presentation. His most famous work was the stage comedy The Front PageThe Front Page was originally a play written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. It has been adapted to film several times: The 1931 film The Front Page was one of the first movies nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, in 1931. Its screenplay, which he wrote with frequent collaborator Charles MacArthurCharles MacArthur ( November 5, 1895 April 21, 1956) was an American playwright and screenwriter, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his play with Ben Hecht, The Front Page which has been filmed frequently. It was based in part on MacArt. It was first translated to film in 19311931 is the common year starting on Thursday. see link for calendar) Events January January 4 Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the and three more times, most notably as Howard HawksHoward Hawks ( May 30, 1896 December 26, 1977) was one of the more critically acclaimed directors of the Classic Hollywood Era. Hawks directed several films considered to be classics in a number of different genres: The Big Sleep film noir Bringing Up Bab' His Girl FridayHis Girl Friday is a 1940 screwball comedy film which tells the story of a divorced couple of journalists who become involved in the escape of a convicted killer. It stars Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. The film is a remake in 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F. Much of Hecht's later work was uncredited, as he worked as a "script doctor".
Hecht had an early talk show that was shown on televisionSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p in the New York metropolitan area in the 1950sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. and 1960s.