Tag: Charles MacArthur

The Unholy Garden Script

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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.
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The Front Page Script

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Year:1974
Director:Billy Wilder
Written by:Ben Hecht (Theatre Play), Charles MacArthur (Theatre Play), Billy Wilder (Screenplay), I. A. L. Diamond (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
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Switching Channels Script

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Year:1988
Director:Ted Kotcheff
Written by:Ben Hecht (Writer), Charles MacArthur (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Switching Channels Script Resources:

  • Switching Channels Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Switching Channels Script PDF - 2/2/87 1ST DFT at Script City ($)

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His Girl Friday

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Year:1940
Director:Howard Hawks
Written by:Ben Hecht (Theatre Play), Charles MacArthur (Theatre Play), Charles Lederer (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Hildy, the journalist former wife of newspaper editor Walter Burns, visits his office to inform him that she's engaged and will be getting remarried the next day. Walter can't let that happen and frames the fiancé, Bruce Baldwin, for one thing after another, to keep him temporarily held in prison, while trying to steer Hildy into returning to her old job as his employee.
His Girl Friday Script Resources:

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