Ben Hecht – Scripts on Screen

Monkey Business (1952) Script

celluloid — Wed, 11 May 2022 00:49:05 +0000

Year:1952

Director:Howard Hawks

Written by:I. A. L. Diamond (Screenplay), Charles Lederer (Screenplay), Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Harry Segall (Story)

Script Synopsis:Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

Monkey Business Script Resources:

Monkey Business Script PDF - 2/28/52 FINAL - AKA Darling, I Am Growing Younger at Script City ($)
Monkey Business Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Monkey Business ( tt0044916 ) at IMDb
Monkey Business ( 24008 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Unholy Garden Script

celluloid — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:49:07 +0000

Year:1931

Director:George Fitzmaurice

Written by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Ben Hecht (Dialogue), Charles MacArthur (Screenplay), Charles MacArthur (Dialogue), John Lee Mahin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and criminals staying at the hotel who are determined to get it. A suave gentleman thief arrives at the hotel one day with his own plan to get the loot, but complications ensue when he begins to fall for the daughter.

The Unholy Garden Script Resources:

The Unholy Garden Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

Other Links:

The Unholy Garden ( tt0022523 ) at IMDb
The Unholy Garden ( 77110 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Topaze Script

celluloid — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 21:22:24 +0000

Year:1933

Director:Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast

Written by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Benn W. Levy (Adaptation), Marcel Pagnol (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme.

Topaze Script Resources:

Topaze Script PDF - [DRAFT UNKNOWN] at Script Fly ($)
Topaze Transcript at subslikescript.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Topaze ( tt0024684 ) at IMDb
Topaze ( 200574 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Scarface (1932) Script

celluloid — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:22:22 +0000

Year:1932

Director:Howard Hawks

Written by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Armitage Trail (Novel), John Lee Mahin (Dialogue), Seton I. Miller (Dialogue), W.R. Burnett (Dialogue)

Script Synopsis:A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

Scarface Script Resources:

Scarface Script PDF - [CONTINUITY] at Script Fly ($)
Scarface Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Scarface ( tt0023427 ) at IMDb
Scarface ( 877 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Man with the Golden Arm Script

celluloid — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 09:22:24 +0000

Year:1955

Director:Otto Preminger

Written by:Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Nelson Algren (Author), Walter Newman (Screenplay), Lewis Meltzer (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.

The Man with the Golden Arm Script Resources:

The Man with the Golden Arm Script PDF - NO DFT DATE. (XL) at Script City ($)
The Man with the Golden Arm Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

The Man with the Golden Arm ( tt0048347 ) at IMDb
The Man with the Golden Arm ( 541 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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A Star Is Born (1937) Script

celluloid — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 04:32:16 +0000

Year:1937

Director:William A. Wellman

Written by:David O. Selznick (Writer), Ben Hecht (Writer), William A. Wellman (Story), Dorothy Parker (Screenplay), Alan Campbell (Screenplay), Robert Carson (Screenplay), Robert Carson (Story)

Script Synopsis:Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

A Star Is Born Script Resources:

A Star Is Born Script PDF - [REV FINAL 12/16/1936] at Script Fly ($)
A Star Is Born Script PDF - 12/16/36 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)
A Star Is Born Transcript at subslikescript.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

A Star Is Born ( tt0029606 ) at IMDb
A Star Is Born ( 22692 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Journey Into Fear Script

celluloid — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 17:34:07 +0000

Year:1943

Director:Norman Foster

Written by:Orson Welles (Screenplay), Joseph Cotten (Screenplay), Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Eric Ambler (Novel), Richard Collins (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.

Journey Into Fear Script Resources:

Journey Into Fear Script PDF - [1943 CONTINUITY] at Script Fly ($)
Journey Into Fear Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Journey Into Fear ( tt0034922 ) at IMDb
Journey Into Fear ( 21366 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Tales of Manhattan Script

celluloid — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 02:10:39 +0000

Year:1942

Director:Julien Duvivier

Written by:Henry Blankfort (Writer), Alan Campbell (Writer), Ladislas Fodor (Writer), László Görög (Writer), Ben Hecht (Writer), Samuel Hoffenstein (Writer), Ferenc Molnár (Writer), Donald Ogden Stewart (Writer), Lamar Trotti (Writer), László Vadnay (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.

Tales of Manhattan Script Resources:

Tales of Manhattan Script PDF - 3/2/42 REVISED (XXL) at Script City ($)
Tales of Manhattan Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Tales of Manhattan ( tt0035415 ) at IMDb
Tales of Manhattan ( 27655 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Gone with the Wind Script

celluloid — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 04:38:17 +0000

Year:1939

Director:Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood

Written by:Margaret Mitchell (Novel), Sidney Howard (Screenplay), Oliver H.P. Garrett (Writer), Ben Hecht (Writer), Jo Swerling (Writer), John Van Druten (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner is forced to use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty, following Maj. Gen. William Sherman's destructive "March to the Sea,” during the American Civil War.

Gone with the Wind Script Resources:

Gone with the Wind Script PDF at Script Slug
Gone with the Wind Script PDF at The Daily Script
Gone with the Wind Script at Amazon ($)
Gone with the Wind Transcript at archive.org

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Gone with the Wind ( tt0031381 ) at IMDb
Gone with the Wind ( 770 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Nothing Sacred Script

celluloid — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 07:53:20 +0000

Year:1937

Director:William A. Wellman

Written by:James H. Street (Original Story), Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Ring Lardner, Jr. (Writer), Budd Schulberg (Writer)

Script Synopsis:When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroine.

Nothing Sacred Script Resources:

Nothing Sacred Script PDF - [miss pgs 93,100,134] at Script Fly ($)
Nothing Sacred Script PDF - 6/19/37 REV FINAL SHOOTING. *pgs. at Script City ($)
Nothing Sacred Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Nothing Sacred ( tt0029322 ) at IMDb
Nothing Sacred ( 37650 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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