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Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry. He was also a Zionist and human rights activist.
Life and career in Hollywood
Hecht was raised in Racine, Wisconsin, and as a young man moved to Chicago, where he became a reporter and, eventually, a short-story writer and novelist. He eventually landed in New York, where he met movie mogul David O. Selznick. The two were to be lifelong friends and frequent collaborators.
Early in his career, he worked as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News. There he published the sensational column 1001 Afternoons in Chicago. While working at the newspaper, he met and befriended Maxwell Bodenheim. They would remain lifelong friends.
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