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Ben Hecht is most remembered as a famous Hollywood screenwriter and Broadway playwright, but only recently has his extensive Jewish activism during the Holocaust and its aftermath received scholarly attention…
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Ben Hecht
She was crying on the couch. All right. Let her. But she was crying because she wanted something.... His hands grabbed her head and straightened her face until their eyes…
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Collection of 64 sketches of Chicago written by the author in 1921-1922 in a daily column for The Chicago daily news.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Originally published in 1922, this collection of short stories offers a witty and insightful portrait of life in Jazz Age Chicago. Hecht, a journalist and screenwriter, captures the sights, sounds…
American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, novelist, the Shakespeare of Hollywood, who received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some 70 films. His novel, Gargoyles…
A witty and entertaining memoir of the author's early days as a journalist in Chicago. Hecht fondly recalls his eccentric coworkers, colorful sources, and wild escapades in the Windy City's…
Hecht, American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, novelist, regarded by some as the Shakespeare of Hollywood, he received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1921 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.
Contrary to popular belief, solutions that can remake the US into the land of economic opportunity for all already exist. Over the past ten years, Ben Hecht has watched leaders…
Sherwood Anderson, the writer, and I were eating lunch in the back room of a saloon. Against the opposite wall sat a red-faced little man with an elaborate mustache and…
Comedy / Characters: 17 males, 5 females Set Requirements: Interior
An irresistible comedy with thrills and derring do set in the news room. Hildy wants to break away from journalism…
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in…
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Ben Hecht’s The Front Page, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
Adina Hoffman
A vibrant portrait of one of the most accomplished and prolific American screenwriters, by an award-winning biographer and essayist.
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Julien Gorbach
Provides a biography of a great twentieth century writer that treats his activism during the 1940s as the central drama of his life. The book details the story of how…
This book opens windows onto Jewish legal culture, by offering fourteen exploratory essays, each of which focuses on an aspect of Jewish law, broadly understood. Each chapter is a self-contained…
Ben Hecht,Simon Arrow
A novel of satanic decadence, Fantazius Mallare is the tale of a deranged recluse. In his world of hallucination and twisted eroticism, Mallare needs a woman to worship him; he…
Ben Hecht,Maxwell Bodenheim
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Cutie: A Warm Mamma
has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of print for decades.So that this work is never forgotten we have…
