MacArthur, Charles (Gordon)
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born Nov. 5, 1895, Scranton, Pa., U.S.
died April 21, 1956, New York, N.Y.
U.S. journalist, playwright, and screenwriter.
He worked as a reporter in Chicago and New York City (1914–26) before collaborating with Edward Shelden on the play
Lulu Belle (1926). With Ben Hecht he wrote the Broadway hits
The Front Page (1928; film, 1931) and
Twentieth Century (1932; film, 1934) and several later plays noted for their graphic, crisp dialogue. Their screenplays included the film adaptations of their own plays and
Wuthering Heights (1939), and they wrote and directed movies such as
Crime Without Passion (1934),
The Scoundrel (1935), and
Soak the Rich (1936). He was married to actress Helen Hayes.
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