Ben Hecht

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf novelist
playwright
screenwriter
gptkbp:activeYears 1919
1964
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Howard_Hawks
gptkb:Alfred_Hitchcock
gptkb:Charles_MacArthur
gptkbp:awards Academy Award for Best Original Story
gptkbp:birthDate 1894-02-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:children Julius_Hecht
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Ben_Hecht
gptkb:David_O._Selznick
George Cukor
gptkbp:deathDate 1964-04-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Malibu,_California
gptkbp:famousFor novels
theatrical plays
Hollywood_screenwriting
gptkbp:genre drama
comedy
thriller
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ben Hecht
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:American_theater
film noir
screenwriting techniques
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Shakespeare
gptkb:Molière
gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkbp:knownFor social issues
political commentary
controversial topics
gptkbp:legacy cultural commentary
pioneering screenwriter
impact_on_Hollywood
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork Gone with the Wind
Scarface
The Front Page
gptkbp:occupation writer
director
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rose_Caylor
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_New_Yorker
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:Chicago_Daily_News