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Ben Hecht (1)

This page covers the author of A Child of the Century.

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Works by Ben Hecht

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A Child of the Century 53 copies, 1 review
The Front Page: A Play in Three Acts 47 copies, 1 review
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago 40 copies
Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath 40 copies
Gaily, Gaily 27 copies
The kingdom of evil: A continuation of the Journal of Fantazius Mallare 27 copies
Perfidy 25 copies, 1 review
A Guide for the Bedevilled 20 copies
Erik Dorn 17 copies
A Jew in love 16 copies
Count Bruga 14 copies
I Hate Actors! 13 copies
The Sensualists 12 copies
The Florentine Dagger, A Novel For Amateur Detectives 10 copies

1001 Afternoons in New York 10 copies

Miracle in the Rain 8 copies, 1 review

The Ben Hecht show : impolitic observations from the freest thinker of… 6 copies

Gargoyles 6 copies

The Collected Stories of Ben Hecht 6 copies

Cutie: a Warm Mamma 5 copies

Letters from Bohemia 5 copies

Charlie: The Improbable Life and Times of Charles Macarthur 5 copies

A Treasury of Ben Hecht 4 copies

Actor's Blood 4 copies

A Book of Miracles 4 copies

To Quito And Back 3 copies

Art & Architecture on 1001 Afternoons in Chicago: Essays and Tall Tales of… 3 copies

Delitto senza passione 3 copies

Humpty Dumpty 3 copies

Revolution in der Teekanne : Geschichten aus Deutschland 1919 2 copies

Concerning a woman of sin and other stories (Armed Services edition) 2 copies

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My Story 109 copies, 4 reviews
His Girl Friday 42 copies, 2 reviews
Notorious [Film] (Screenwriter) 28 copies, 2 reviews
The Best Short Stories of 1915 and the Yearbook of the American Short… (Contributor) 7 copies, 1 review
The Best Short Stories of 1922 and the Yearbook of the American Short… (Contributor) 3 copies

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Academy Award (Best Screenwriter ∙ 1929 ∙ Underworld)

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