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050  4 PS3515.E18 |bZ66 2019
100 1  Hoffman, Adina, |eauthor.
245 10 Ben Hecht : |bfighting words, moving pictures / |cAdina Hoffman.
246 30 Fighting words, moving pictures
264  1 New Haven : |bYale University Press, |c[2019]
264  4  |c©2019
300    x, 245 pages : |billustrations, portraits ; |c22 cm.
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
490 1  Jewish lives
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.
505 0  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.
520    "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"--Jacket.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
600 10 Hecht, Ben, |d1894-1964.
650  0 Screenwriters |zUnited States |vBiography.
650  0 Jewish authors |zUnited States |vBiography.
650  0 Authors, American |y21st century |vBiography.
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |xEntertainment & Performing Arts. |2bisacsh
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |xReligious. |2bisacsh
650  7 PERFORMING ARTS |xFilm |xScreenwriting. |2bisacsh
600 17 Hecht, Ben, |d1894-1964. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01760250
650  7 Authors, American. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00821764
650  7 Jewish authors. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00982665
650  7 Screenwriters. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01109351
651  7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155
600 17 Hecht, Ben |d1893-1964. |2gnd |0(DE-588)11898246X
650  7 Drehbuchautor. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4294338-3
650  7 Juden. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4028808-0
648  7 2000-2099 |2fast
655  7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655  7 Biography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655  7 Biographies. |2lcgft
830  0 Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
852 0   |bstacks |hPS3515.E18 |iZ66 2019