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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.
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.
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...
Nov 28, 2017 · It’s hard to beat Chicago as a source for hardboiled storytelling, and two of its best newspaper reporters, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, would draw on their rough and tumble newsroom experiences to create one of Broadway’s most-beloved plays.
American journalist, dramatist, and screenwriter Charles MacArthur was best known for his comedies written with Ben Hecht. Their play The Front Page (1928) was adapted for film three times, most notably in 1940 as His Girl Friday, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.
Charles MacArthur is known as an Writer, Theatre Play, Actor, Story, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Additional Dialogue, Adaptation, ADR Coordinator, and Dialogue. 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.
