Ladies and gentlemen; [a comedy by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht; from a drama by L. Bush-Fekete] [1939?]

Bús-Fekete, László, 1896-1971

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Bús-Fekete was a dramatist who wrote an English-language stage version of Franz Werfel's novel Der veruntreute Himmel (Embezzled Heaven) and wrote a dramatization of Werfel's novel Der Abituriententag. Pauker and Guggenheim acted as literary agents for Alma Mahler; Bermann Fischer was Franz Werfel's publisher; Fay was listed as a co-writer with Bús-Fekete on the dramatization of Werfel's novel Der veruntreute Himmel (Embezzled Heaven) and was a signer on a contract with Herzog Filmverein; the ...

Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964

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The Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe was a Jewish activist group led by Peter H. Bergson and Ben Hecht, among others; founded in 1943, the group publicized the extermination of the Jewish people ongoing under Nazi reign in Europe and pressured the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt to take measures to save Jewish refugees. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1943, 1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldC...

MacArthur, Charles, 1895-1956

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