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Charles Gordon MacArthur (November 5, 1895 – April 21, 1956) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and 1935 winner of the Academy Award for Best Story.
Charles MacArthur (born Nov. 5, 1895, Scranton, Pa., U.S.—died April 21, 1956, New York, N.Y.) was an American journalist, dramatist, and screenwriter. He was a colourful personality who is remembered for his comedies written with Ben Hecht.
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Charles MacArthur. Writer: The Scoundrel. "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers out there are starving!" When Patrick Dennis's fictional Auntie Mame uttered this pithy observation, she could have been speaking of Charles MacArthur.
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Feb 4, 2019 · The Great Hollywood Screenwriter Who Hated Hollywood. Ben Hecht helped invent modern American cinema—while he was making other plans. By David Denby. February 4, 2019. Hecht (pictured with Charles...
Twentieth Century is a 1932 play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur based on the unproduced play Napoleon of Broadway by Charles B. Millholland, inspired by his experience working for the eccentric Broadway impresario David Belasco.
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Charles MacArthur is known as an Writer, Theatre Play, Actor, Screenplay, Director, Story, Producer, Additional Dialogue, Adaptation, Dialogue, and ADR Coordinator. Some of his work includes His Girl Friday, The Front Page, Angels with Dirty Faces, Wuthering Heights, Gunga Din, Twentieth Century, Switching Channels, and The Front Page.
Charles MacArthur is best known for his collaborations with Ben Hecht, yet his contributions to the Hollywood era proved him an exemplary crafter of what Howard Hawks referred to as "three cushion dialogue."
