Albert Hackett

Albert Hackett

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1900-02-16
Deathday: 1995-03-16 (95 years old)

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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). 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).

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Filmography

all 49

Movies 48

Writer 39

Screenplay 2

TV Shows 1

Writer
Father of the Bride Part II

Father of the Bride Part II (1995)

Movie
9
Writer
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride (1991)

Movie
8
Writer
Clarence

Clarence (1990)

Movie
Writer
The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)

Movie
Writer
The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)

Movie
Writer
Five Finger Exercise

Five Finger Exercise (1962)

Movie
Writer
The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

Movie
Writer
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank

Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (1958)

Movie
Writer
A Certain Smile

A Certain Smile (1958)

Movie
Writer
Gaby

Gaby (1956)

Movie
Writer
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Movie
4
Writer
The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

Movie
Writer
Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break (1953)

Movie
Writer
Too Young to Kiss

Too Young to Kiss (1951)

Movie
Writer
Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend (1951)

Movie
Writer
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride (1950)

Movie
8
Writer
In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

Movie
Screenplay / Original Story
Easter Parade

Easter Parade (1948)

Movie
Writer
The Pirate

The Pirate (1948)

Movie
Writer
Summer Holiday

Summer Holiday (1948)

Movie
Screenplay
It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Movie
5.45
Writer
The Virginian

The Virginian (1946)

Movie
Writer
The Hitler Gang

The Hitler Gang (1944)

Movie
Writer
Lady in the Dark

Lady in the Dark (1944)

Movie
Writer
Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man (1939)

Movie
5.6
Writer
Society Lawyer

Society Lawyer (1939)

Movie
Writer
Thanks for the Memory

Thanks for the Memory (1938)

Movie
Writer
The Firefly

The Firefly (1937)

Movie
Writer
After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man (1936)

Movie
5.28
Writer
Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl (1936)

Movie
Writer
Rose Marie

Rose Marie (1936)

Movie
Writer
Ah, Wilderness!

Ah, Wilderness! (1935)

Movie
Writer
Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta (1935)

Movie
6
Writer
Chained

Chained (1934)

Movie
Writer
Hide-Out

Hide-Out (1934)

Movie
Writer
The Thin Man

The Thin Man (1934)

Movie
5.31
Writer
Fugitive Lovers

Fugitive Lovers (1934)

Movie
Writer
Penthouse

Penthouse (1933)

Movie
Writer
The Secret of Madame Blanche

The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)

Movie
Writer
Up Pops the Devil

Up Pops the Devil (1931)

Movie
Chester Underwood
Whoopee!

Whoopee! (1930)

Movie
7.33
Kenneth Plummer
A Woman's Woman

A Woman's Woman (1922)

Movie
Hopp Jumpp
The Country Flapper

The Country Flapper (1922)

Movie
Billy O'Dair
Molly O'

Molly O' (1921)

Movie
Leigh Carter
The Good-Bad Wife

The Good-Bad Wife (1920)

Movie
Jimmie Ryan
Away Goes Prudence

Away Goes Prudence (1920)

Movie
Robert
Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables (1919)

Movie
Albert Mills - the Little Boy
Just Pretending

Just Pretending (1912)

Movie
Writer
Dagboek van Anne Frank

Dagboek van Anne Frank

TV

Ratings

Average 5.92
Based on 784 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1912
1934
1944
1936
1995
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Information

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1900-02-16

Deathday
1995-03-16 (95 years old)

Birth Place
New York City, United States of America

Height

Mother
Florence Hackett

Siblings
Raymond Hackett

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Albert M. Hackett, Albert Maurice Hackett

Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Drama


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