Ben Hecht

American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)

Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films, including six Academy Award nominations and two wins.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 58 films (1930–1962) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 36 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
19--	The unholy garden	/ Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. ; A George Fitzmaurice Production ; producer, Samuel Goldwyn ; story and dialogue, Ben Hecht ; story and dialogue, Charles MacArthur ; director, Geo. Fitzmaurice.	75	16mm	B&W	sound
1930	ROADHOUSE NIGHTS.	Paramount Famous Lasky Corp			B&W
1931	Quick Millions	Fox Film Corporation	72 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1931	THE HOMICIDE SQUAD.	Universal Pictures Corp.	7 reels		B&W
1933	Design for living	Ernst Lubitsch, Ben Hecht	88 min		B&W
1934	Crime without passion	Hecht-MaArthur	1:10:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1934	CRIME WITHOUT PASSION.	Paramount Productions Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1934	Queen Christina	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp	1:37:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1935	ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.	Paramount Productions Inc.	8 reels
1935	SPRING TONIC.	Fox Film Corp	58 min		B&W
1935	THE PRESIDENT VANISHES.	Paramount Productions Inc.	9 reels		B&W
1935	THE SCOUNDREL.	Paramount Productions Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1936	SOAK THE RICH.	Paramount Productions Inc.	9 reels		B&W
1937	KING OF GAMBLERS.	Paramount Pictures Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1938	THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES.	Samuel Goldwyn	13 reels	16mm	Color & B&W	sound
1939	At the circus	Edward Buzzell	83 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	At the circus	Edward Buzzell	83 min		B&W
1939	Gone With The Wind.	Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming	26 reels		Color	sound
1939	It's A Wonderful World ▶	Handy (Jam) Organization	80 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	Stagecoach	Films inc.	110 mi	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	Stagecoach	John Ford	97 min		B&W
1939	Stagecoach	John Ford	97 min	16mm	B&W
1939	Wuthering Heights	William Wyler	13 min.	16mm	B&W
1939	Wuthering Heights	Audio Brandon	104 mi	16mm	B&W	sound
1940	Angels Over Broadway.	Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes	8 reels		B&W
1940	FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT	Alfred Hitchcock	115 min		B&W
1940	Foreign Correspondent.	Alfred Hitchcock	13 reels	16mm	B&W
1940	His Girl Friday	Howard Hawks	90 min	16mm	B&W
1940	Second Chorus	TAMINFI	83 min.	16mm	B&W
1940	The Mad Doctor.	Tim Whelan	10 reels		B&W
1940	The Shop Around The Corner.	Ernst Lubitsch	10 reels		B&W	sound
1941	Second Chorus.	H. C. Potter	10 reels		B&W
1942	The Black swan	Henry King	85 min		Color
1946	Notorious	Alfred Hitchcock	102 min	16mm	B&W
1946	Notorious.	129 N Vermont	101 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1946	Specter Of The Rose.	Ben Hecht	10 reels	35mm	B&W	sound
1947	Duel In The Sun	unknown	129 min	16mm	Color & B&W	sound
1947	Duel in the Sun	Selznick International Pictures Inc	2:10:00	16mm	Color	sound
1947	Her Husband's Affairs.	S. Sylvan Simon	86 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1947	Kiss of Death	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation; Henry Hathaway	1:41:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1947	The Paradine Case	Alfred Hitchcock	125 min	16mm	B&W
1947	The Paradine Case.	unknown	132 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1948	Portrait of Jennie	William Dieterle	86 min	16mm	Color & B&W
1948	Portrait Of Jennie.	William Dieterle	86 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1948	The Miracle Of The Bells.	Irving Pichel	120 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1949	Roseanna Mccoy.	Irving Reis, Nicholas Ray	89 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1949	The Inspector general	Films inc.	102 mi	16mm	Color	sound
1950	Where The Sidewalk Ends.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	95 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1950	WHIRLPOOL.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	97 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	Strangers on a train	Warner Bros Pictures Inc	1:41:00	16mm	B&W	sound