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Albert Hackett

Albert Hackett

Known For Writing
Birthday Feb 14, 1900
Died Mar 16, 1995 (95)
Birthplace Nutley, New Jersey, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 25, 2024
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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 Har ... t) 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).

Known For

Filmography

Whoopee!

Whoopee!

1930

as Chester Underwood

The Country Flapper

The Country Flapper

1922

as Hopp Jumpp

Molly O'

Molly O'

1921

as Billy O'Dair

The Good-Bad Wife

The Good-Bad Wife

1920

as Leigh Carter

Away Goes Prudence

Away Goes Prudence

1920

as Jimmie Ryan

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

1919

as Robert

Just Pretending

Just Pretending

1912

as Albert Mills - the Little Boy

Father of the Bride Part II

Father of the Bride Part II

1995

Original Film Writer

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

1991

Original Film Writer

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

1980

Theatre Play, Screenplay

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

1967

Theatre Play

Five Finger Exercise

Five Finger Exercise

1962

Screenplay

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

1959

Theatre Play, Screenplay

A Certain Smile

A Certain Smile

1958

Screenplay

Gaby

Gaby

1956

Screenplay

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer

1954

Screenplay

Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break

1953

Writer

Too Young to Kiss

Too Young to Kiss

1951

Writer

Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend

1951

Screenplay

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

1950

Screenplay

In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime

1949

Screenplay

The Pirate

The Pirate

1948

Screenplay

Easter Parade

Easter Parade

1948

Original Story, Screenplay

Summer Holiday

Summer Holiday

1948

Screenplay

The Virginian

The Virginian

1946

Screenplay

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Screenplay

The Hitler Gang

The Hitler Gang

1944

Screenplay

Lady in the Dark

Lady in the Dark

1944

Screenplay

Society Lawyer

Society Lawyer

1939

Screenplay

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man

1939

Writer

Thanks for the Memory

Thanks for the Memory

1938

Theatre Play

The Firefly

The Firefly

1937

Screenplay

After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man

1936

Screenplay

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

1936

Screenplay

Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl

1936

Screenplay

Ah, Wilderness!

Ah, Wilderness!

1935

Screenplay

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta

1935

Screenplay

Hide-Out

Hide-Out

1934

Screenplay

Fugitive Lovers

Fugitive Lovers

1934

Screenplay

The Thin Man

The Thin Man

1934

Screenplay

Penthouse

Penthouse

1933

Screenplay

Up Pops the Devil

Up Pops the Devil

1931

Theatre Play

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