Albert Hackett

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• It's a Wonderful LifeMovie · 1946

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert Maurice Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich. Hackett was born in New York City, the son of actress Florence Hackett (née Hart) and Maurice Hackett. Not long after marrying screenwriter Frances Goodrich, the couple went to Hollywood in the late 1920s to write the screenplay for their stage success Up Pops the Devil for Paramount Pictures. In 1933 they signed a contract with MGM and remained with them until 1939. Among their earliest assignments was writing the screenplay for The Thin Man (1934). They were encouraged by the director W. S. Van Dyke to use the writing of Dashiell Hammett as a basis only, and to concentrate on providing witty exchanges for the principal characters, Nick and Nora Charles (played by William Powell and Myrna Loy). The resulting film was one of the major hits of the year, and the script, considered to show a modern relationship in a realistic manner for the first time, was considered to be groundbreaking. However this is only because it was written and released before the enactment of the Hollywood Production Code, which strictly censored movies from mid-1934 until the early 1960s (see Pre-Code). The other Nick and Nora films show a steep decline regarding the "groundbreaking maturity" of the Charleses' marriage. The Hacketts received Academy Award for Screenplay nominations for The Thin Man, After the Thin Man (1936), Father of the Bride (1950) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1955).[1] They won Writers Guild of America awards for Easter Parade (1949), Father's Little Dividend (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), as well as nominations for In the Good Old Summertime (1949), Father of the Bride (1950) and The Long, Long Trailer (1954). They also won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle award for their original play The Diary of Anne Frank. Some of their other films include: Another Thin Man (1939) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946).

Filmography

1. 1980The Diary of Anne FrankScreenplay
2. 1962Five Finger ExerciseScreenplay
3. 1959The Diary of Anne FrankScreenplay
4. 1958A Certain SmileScreenplay
5. 1956GabyScreenplay
6. 1954Seven Brides for Seven BrothersScreenplay
7. 1954The Long, Long TrailerScreenplay
8. 1953Give a Girl a BreakWriter
9. 1951Too Young to KissWriter
10. 1951Father's Little DividendScreenplay
11. 1950Father of the BrideScreenplay
12. 1949In the Good Old SummertimeScreenplay
13. 1948Easter ParadeScreenplay
14. 1948The PirateScreenplay
15. 1948Summer HolidayScreenplay
16. 1946It's a Wonderful LifeScreenplay
17. 1946The VirginianScreenplay
18. 1944The Hitler GangScreenplay
19. 1944Lady in the DarkScreenplay
20. 1939Another Thin ManWriter
21. 1939Society LawyerScreenplay
22. 1937The FireflyScreenplay
23. 1936After the Thin ManScreenplay
24. 1936Small Town GirlScreenplay
25. 1936Rose MarieScreenplay
26. 1935Ah, Wilderness!Screenplay
27. 1935Naughty MariettaScreenplay
28. 1934Hide-OutScreenplay
29. 1934The Thin ManScreenplay
30. 1934Fugitive LoversScreenplay
31. 1933PenthouseScreenplay
32. 1933The Secret of Madame BlancheScreenplay
33. 1930Whoopee!as Chester Underwood
34. 1922A Woman's Womanas Kenneth Plummer
35. 1922The Country Flapperas Hopp Jumpp
36. 1921Molly O'as Billy O'Dair
37. 1920The Good-Bad Wifeas Leigh Carter
38. 1920Away Goes Prudenceas Jimmie Ryan
39. 1919Anne of Green Gablesas Robert
40. 1919The Career of Katherine Bushas Bert Bush
41. 1919Come Out of the Kitchenas Charles Daingerfield
42. 1913The School Principalas Tommy Moriarty
43. 1912Just Pretendingas Albert Mills - the Little Boy