Albert Hackett
Albert Hackett is known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Thin Man (1934).
Biography
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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).
Questions about Albert Hackett
How many Albert Hackett films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 31 films with Albert Hackett, from 1913 to 1980.
What is the best rated Albert Hackett film?
The best rated Albert Hackett film in the catalogue is It's a Wonderful Life (1946), rated 8.3.
What was the first Albert Hackett film?
The first Albert Hackett film in the catalogue is The Thin Man, from 1934.
Who has Albert Hackett worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Albert Hackett shares the most credits with Frances Goodrich (11 films), Vincente Minnelli (4 films) and Ferris Webster (3 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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8.3 It's a Wonderful Life
1946
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7.1 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
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7.5 The Thin Man
1934
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7.2 The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
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7.0 Father of the Bride
1950
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6.5 The Pirate
1948
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7.3 After the Thin Man
1936
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7.0 Easter Parade
1948
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7.1 Another Thin Man
1939
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6.5 Father's Little Dividend
1951
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7.0 The Long, Long Trailer
1954
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6.2 The Virginian
1946
Full filmography
40 films — 31 in the catalogue
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6.5 Whoopee!
1930 · Chester Underwood
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A Woman's Woman
1922 · Kenneth Plummer
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8.0 The Country Flapper
1922 · Hopp Jumpp
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7.0 Molly O'
1921 · Billy O'Dair
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8.0 The Good-Bad Wife
1920 · Leigh Carter
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10.0
Away Goes Prudence
1920 · Jimmie Ryan
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6.0 Anne of Green Gables
1919 · Robert
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The Career of Katherine Bush
1919 · Bert Bush
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5.5 Come Out of the Kitchen
1919 · Charles Daingerfield
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7.0 The School Principal
1913 · Tommy Moriarty
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9.0
Just Pretending
1912 · Albert Mills - the Little Boy
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7.0
Easter Parade
1948
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6.5
The Pirate
1948
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5.2 Summer Holiday
1948
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8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
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6.2
The Virginian
1946
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4.7 Lady in the Dark
1944
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7.1
Another Thin Man
1939
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5.4 Society Lawyer
1939
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6.5 The Firefly
1937
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7.3
After the Thin Man
1936
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6.0 Small Town Girl
1936
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6.1 Rose Marie
1936
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5.5 Naughty Marietta
1935
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7.3 Hide-Out
1934
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7.5
The Thin Man
1934
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6.9 Penthouse
1933
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6.3 The Hitler Gang
1944
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6.5
Whoopee!
1930 · Chester Underwood
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5.8 The Diary of Anne Frank
1980
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5.6 Five Finger Exercise
1962
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7.2
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
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7.3 Gaby
1956
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7.1
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
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7.0
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
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5.4 Give a Girl a Break
1953
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5.1 Too Young to Kiss
1951
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6.5
Father's Little Dividend
1951
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7.0
Father of the Bride
1950
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6.8 In the Good Old Summertime
1949
People data: TMDb.
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