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Charles MacArthur

Charles MacArthur

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

05/11/1895

Day of Death

21/04/1956
(61) years old

Place of Birth

Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Charles MacArthur was an American playwright, screenwriter, and journalist, renowned for his collaborations with Ben Hecht. Together, they co-wrote the classic play The Front Page (1928), a satirical look at newspaper reporters that has been adapted multiple times for stage and screen. MacArthur al... Read More

Known For

The Scoundrel

The Scoundrel

Crime Without Passion

Crime Without Passion

Filmography

Cast

1935

The Scoundrel

as Flop House Bum

1934

Crime Without Passion

as Second Interviewer (uncredited)

Crew

1988

Switching Channels

as Writer

1974

The Front Page

as Theatre Play

1962

Billy Rose's Jumbo

as Theatre Play

1950

Perfect Strangers

as Theatre Play

1949

The Twentieth Century

as Writer

1948

The Front Page

as Writer

1948

Lulu Belle

as Theatre Play

1947

The Senator Was Indiscreet

as Writer

1945

The Front Page

as Writer

1940

I Take This Woman

as Story

1940

His Girl Friday

as Theatre Play

1939

Wuthering Heights

as Screenplay

1939

Gunga Din

as Story

1938

Angels with Dirty Faces

as Writer

1936

Soak the Rich

as Producer

1936

Soak the Rich

as Director

1936

Soak the Rich

as Writer

1935

Barbary Coast

as Writer

1935

Spring Tonic

as Theatre Play

1935

Once in a Blue Moon

as Director

1935

Once in a Blue Moon

as Writer

1935

The Scoundrel

as Director

1935

The Scoundrel

as Producer

1935

The Scoundrel

as Story

1934

The President Vanishes

as Writer

1934

Crime Without Passion

as Director

1934

Crime Without Passion

as Screenplay

1934

Crime Without Passion

as Producer

1934

Twentieth Century

as Screenplay

1932

Rasputin and the Empress

as Screenplay

1931

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

as Writer

1931

The Unholy Garden

as Story

1931

The Unholy Garden

as Dialogue

1931

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Walling...

as Adaptation

1931

The Front Page

as Writer

1931

Love in Every Port

as ADR Coordinator

1930

Paid

as Writer

1930

Paid

as Adaptation

1930

Way for a Sailor

as Additional Dialogue

1930

Billy the Kid

as Additional Dialogue

1930

The Girl Said No

as Writer

1930

Street of Chance

as Writer