Albert Hackett

Known for WritingBorn 1900-02-14Died 1995-03-16Nutley, New Jersey, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Away Goes Prudence

Come Out of the Kitchen

Just Pretending

It's a Wonderful Life

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Country Flapper

The Good-Bad Wife

Gaby

The Thin Man

The Diary of Anne Frank

After the Thin Man

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Hide-Out

Another Thin Man

Easter Parade

Father of the Bride

The Long, Long Trailer

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride Part II

Molly O'

In the Good Old Summertime

Penthouse

The School Principal

Father's Little Dividend

Ah, Wilderness!

The Pirate

Whoopee!

The Firefly

A Certain Smile

Rose Marie

The Hitler Gang

The Virginian

The Diary of Anne Frank

Fugitive Lovers

Small Town Girl

Five Finger Exercise

Anne of Green Gables

Thanks for the Memory

Give a Girl a Break

Naughty Marietta

Society Lawyer

Summer Holiday

Too Young to Kiss

Up Pops the Devil

Lady in the Dark

The Secret of Madame Blanche

A Woman's Woman

The Career of Katherine Bush