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Born February 28, 1894 ā€¢ New York City ā€¢ New York
Died April 18, 1964 (aged 70) ā€¢ New York City ā€¢ New York
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1936) ā€¢ Academy Award (1929)
Notable Works ā€œErik Dornā€ ā€¢ ā€œFantazius Mallareā€ ā€¢ ā€œKiss of Deathā€ ā€¢ ā€œNotoriousā€ ā€¢ ā€œScarface: The Shame of a Nationā€ ā€¢ ā€œSpellboundā€ ā€¢ ā€œThe Front Pageā€ ā€¢ ā€œThe Front Pageā€ ā€¢ ā€œWuthering Heightsā€

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Hecht, Ben: news dispatch from Berlin, 1919
Hecht, Ben: news dispatch from Berlin, 1919
Hecht, Ben: photograph album
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Budd Schulberg
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William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
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Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
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Tennessee Williams
American playwright
Tom Stoppard wearing a dark suit, blue checkered shirt, and green tie, looking at the camera against a dark background.
Tom Stoppard
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James Goldman
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Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon
American writer and actress
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
William Goldman
William Goldman
American screenwriter, novelist, playwright, non-fiction author
Paddy Chayefsky
Paddy Chayefsky
American playwright
Foote, Horton
Horton Foote
American playwright and screenwriter
William Inge, c. 1957.
William Inge
American playwright
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Dore Schary
American producer
Joan Didion, 1970
Joan Didion
American author
Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin
American writer and director
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
American playwright
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
Anita Loos
Anita Loos
American author
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Marya Mannes
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