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DIED
April 21, 1956

RECENT CREDITS
Switching Channels (FILM)  Mar. 4, 1988
The Front Page (FILM)  Dec. 1, 1974
Billy Rose's Jumbo (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1962
His Girl Friday (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1940
Wuthering Heights (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1939

BIOGRAPHY
Former Chicago journalist who teamed up with Ben Hecht to write several Broadway hits, including "The Front Page" (1928) and "Twentieth Century" (1932), before turning his attentions to Hollywood. MacArthur's best work....
Former Chicago journalist who teamed up with Ben Hecht to write several Broadway hits, including "The Front Page" (1928) and "Twentieth Century" (1932), before turning his attentions to Hollywood. MacArthur's best work as both writer ("Barbary Coast" 1935, "Wuthering Heights" 1939) and director ("Crime Without a Passion" 1934, "The Scoundrel" 1935) was done in collaboration with Hecht. MacArthur married actress Helen Hayes in 1928, and their adopted son is actor James MacArthur.



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