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Albert Hackett

Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born February 14, 1900Died March 16, 1995 (95 years)
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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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Father's Little Dividend

Known For

  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • Father of the Bride
  • The Thin Man
  • Father of the Bride Part II
  • Father of the Bride
  • After the Thin Man
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
  • The Pirate
  • The Long, Long Trailer
  • Another Thin Man
  • Easter Parade
  • In the Good Old Summertime
  • Father's Little Dividend
  • Hide-Out
  • Rose-Marie
  • Penthouse
  • The Virginian
  • Naughty Marietta
  • Ah Wilderness!
  • Give a Girl a Break
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
  • Chained
  • The Firefly

Filmography

1995
Father of the Bride Part II · as Original Film Writer
1991
Father of the Bride · as Original Film Writer
1980
The Diary of Anne Frank · as Screenplay
1962
Five Finger Exercise · as Screenplay
1962
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank · as Screenplay
1958
A Certain Smile · as Screenplay
1956
Gaby · as Screenplay
1954
1954
The Long, Long Trailer · as Screenplay
1953
1951
1951
1950
Father of the Bride · as Screenplay
1949
1948
Easter Parade · as Screenplay
1948
The Pirate · as Screenplay
1948
Summer Holiday · as Screenplay
1946
1946
The Virginian · as Screenplay
1944
The Hitler Gang · as Screenplay
1944
Lady in the Dark · as Screenplay
1939
1939
Society Lawyer · as Screenplay
1937
The Firefly · as Screenplay
1936
After the Thin Man · as Screenplay
1936
Small Town Girl · as Screenplay
1936
Rose-Marie · as Screenplay
1935
Ah Wilderness! · as Screenplay
1935
Naughty Marietta · as Screenplay
1934
1934
Hide-Out · as Screenplay
1934
The Thin Man · as Screenplay
1934
Fugitive Lovers · as Screenplay
1933
Penthouse · as Screenplay
1933

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