- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- February 14, 1900
- Place of Birth
- Nutley, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- March 16, 1995
Albert Hackett
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 Will…
Filmography
movieFather of the Bride Part II
1995 · Original Film Writer
movieFather of the Bride
1991 · Original Film Writer
movieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1980 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1967 · Theatre Play
movieFive Finger Exercise
1962 · Screenplay
movieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieA Certain Smile
1958 · Screenplay
movieGaby
1956 · Screenplay
movieSeven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Screenplay
movieThe Long, Long Trailer
1954 · Screenplay
movieGive a Girl a Break
1953 · Writer
movieToo Young to Kiss
1951 · Writer
movieFather's Little Dividend
1951 · Screenplay
movieFather of the Bride
1950 · Screenplay
movieIn the Good Old Summertime
1949 · Screenplay
movieEaster Parade
1948 · Screenplay, Original Story
movieThe Pirate
1948 · Screenplay
movieSummer Holiday
1948 · Screenplay
movieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Screenplay
movieThe Virginian
1946 · Screenplay
movieThe Hitler Gang
1944 · Screenplay
movieLady in the Dark
1944 · Screenplay
movieAnother Thin Man
1939 · Writer
movieSociety Lawyer
1939 · Screenplay
movieThanks for the Memory
1938 · Theatre Play
movieThe Firefly
1937 · Screenplay
movieAfter the Thin Man
1936 · Screenplay
movieSmall Town Girl
1936 · Screenplay
movieRose Marie
1936 · Screenplay
movieAh, Wilderness!
1935 · Screenplay
movieNaughty Marietta
1935 · Screenplay
movieHide-Out
1934 · Screenplay
movieThe Thin Man
1934 · Screenplay
movieFugitive Lovers
1934 · Screenplay
moviePenthouse
1933 · Screenplay
movieThe Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 · Screenplay
movieUp Pops the Devil
1931 · Theatre Play
movieWhoopee!
1930 · Chester Underwood
movieA Woman's Woman
1922 · Kenneth Plummer
movieThe Country Flapper
1922 · Hopp Jumpp
movieMolly O'
1921 · Billy O'Dair
movieThe Good-Bad Wife
1920 · Leigh Carter
Away Goes Prudence
movieAway Goes Prudence
1920 · Jimmie Ryan
movieAnne of Green Gables
1919 · Robert
movieThe Career of Katherine Bush
1919 · Bert Bush
movieCome Out of the Kitchen
1919 · Charles Daingerfield
The School Principal
movieThe School Principal
1913 · Tommy Moriarty
Just Pretending
movieJust Pretending
1912 · Albert Mills - the Little Boy