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1 online resource (x, 245 pages) : illustrations |
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Jewish lives
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Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The man -- The root -- The news -- The world -- The times -- The screen -- The rogues -- The Jews -- The cry -- The flag -- The child -- Epilogue: The end. |
| Summary |
"He was, according to Pauline Kael, 'the greatest American screenwriter.' Jean-Luc Godard called him 'a genius' who 'invented 80 percent of what is used in Hollywood movies today.' Besides tossing off dozens of now-classic scripts--including Scarface, Twentieth Century, and Notorious--Ben Hecht was known in his day as ace reporter, celebrated playwright, taboo-busting novelist, and the most quick-witted of provocateurs. During World War II, he also emerged as an outspoken crusader for the imperiled Jews of Europe, and later he became a fierce propagandist for pre-1948 Palestine's Jewish terrorist underground. Whatever the outrage he stirred, this self-declared 'child of the century' came to embody much that defined America-especially Jewish America-in his time. Hecht's fame has dimmed with the decades, but Adina Hoffman's vivid portrait brings this charismatic and contradictory figure back to life on the page. Hecht was a renaissance man of dazzling sorts, and Hoffman--critically acclaimed biographer, former film critic, and eloquent commentator on Middle Eastern culture and politics--is uniquely suited to capture him in all his modes."--Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964.
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Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964. |
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Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.
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Jewish authors -- United States -- Biography.
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Authors, American -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. |
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DRAMA -- American. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts. |
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Authors, American. |
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Jewish authors. |
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Screenwriters. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Fighting words, moving pictures |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hoffman, Adina. Ben Hecht. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] 9780300180428 (DLC) 2018941583 (OCoLC)1083340454 |
| ISBN |
9780300182408 (electronic book) |
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0300182406 (electronic book) |
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9780300180428 (hardcover) |
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030018042X (hardcover) |
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