Ben Hecht : fighting words, moving pictures
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019].
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019].
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Book
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x, 245 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.
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"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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hoffman, A. (2019). Ben Hecht: fighting words, moving pictures . Yale University Press.

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Hoffman, Adina. 2019. Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures. Yale University Press.

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Hoffman, Adina. Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures Yale University Press, 2019.

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Hoffman, Adina. Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures Yale University Press, 2019.

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