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Gargoyles goes deep into the souls of the persons and their relations with the upper classes, uncovering the dull sides and the emotional sides. Many times, the personalities, principles and morals of his personages are transformed, as they take an eye within themselves and appreciate what they treasured the most, how their selfdom invade their will and morals, and oftentimes do not grasp the purposes of those principles that are so critical to them. We take in the emanation of these alterations and focus on the life experiences of George Basine, his friends, and his family and the greatest of all, the pretentions that each of them have. Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, dramatist, journalist and author. He was a journalist in his younger days, he wrote about 35 books and a few of the highly enchanting screenplays and dramas in the United States. He gained screen credits, in his own self or in collaboration, for the plays or screenplays of about 70 films. The Dictionary of Literary Biography – American Screenwriters refers him as “one of the most successful screenwriters in the history of motion pictures. ”He got the first Academy Award for Original Screenplay, for Underworld in 1927. A number of his screenplays are regarded today as classics. Film historian Richard Corliss described him as “the Hollywood screenwriter”, a person who “personified Hollywood itself”. He wrote, produced and directed, Angels Over Broadway, and was nominated for Best Screenplay. A total of his six film screenplays were nominated for Academy Awards, with two winnings.He was an active Zionist before the widespread destruction started in Germany. He wrote essays and plays about the predicament of the European Jews, like, We Will Never Die in 1943 and A Flag is Born in 1946. Among his 70 to 90 screenplays, he wrote several unnamed authorships to avert the British boycott of his work between 1940s and 1950s.
Product ID: 9781776721894
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