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MACADAMS, WILLIAM Ben Hecht: A Biography
Barricade Books, 1990. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Bright copy with some light wear to page ridges. xix, 366 pp. Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, and novelist. Called "the Shakespeare of Hollywood", he received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some 70 films and as a prolific storyteller, authored 35 books and created some of the most entertaining screenplays or plays in America. According to film historian Richard Corliss, he was "the" Hollywood screenwriter, someone who "personified Hollywood itself." The Dictionary of Literary Biography - American Screenwriters, calls him "one of the most successful screenwriters in the history of motion pictures." - Wikipedia.
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