Ben Hecht Autographs
Ben Hecht (/hɛkt/; February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films, including six Academy Award nominations and two wins.
After graduating from high school in 1910, Hecht ran away to Chicago, where, in his own words, he "haunted streets, whorehouses, police stations, courtrooms, theater stages, jails, saloons, slums, madhouses, fires, murders, riots, banquet halls, and bookshops." In the 1910s and 1920s, Hecht became a noted journalist, foreign correspondent, and literary figure. In the late 1920s, his co-authored, reporter-themed play, The Front Page, became a Broadway hit.
The Dictionary of Literary Biography – American Screenwriters calls him "one of the most successful screenwriters in the history of motion pictures". Hecht received the first Academy Award for Best Story for Underworld (1927). Many of the screenplays he worked on are now considered classics. He also provided story ideas for such films as Stagecoach (1939). Film historian Richard Corliss called him "the Hollywood screenwriter", someone who "personified Hollywood itself". In 1940, he wrote, produced, and directed Angels Over Broadway, which was nominated for Best Screenplay.
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Traded items with a signature of Ben Hecht
The most expensive item with a signature of Ben Hecht (Ben Hecht Signed Broken Necks First Edition Presentation Copy) was sold in February 2025 for $750.00 while the cheapest item (Signed / Autographed A BOOK OF MRACLES by Hollywood Screenwriter BEN HECHT) found a new owner for $25.00 in October 2022. The month with the most items sold (3) was June 2025 with an average selling price of $281.00 for an autographed item of Ben Hecht. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2025 with $750.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $25.00 was October 2022. In average, an autographed item from Ben Hecht is worth $155.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ben Hecht were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1954 A CHILD OF THE CENTURY, 1st Printing SIGNED BY BEN HECHT | $75.00 |  |
 | A Book of Miracles (1st Ed, Signed) by Ben Hecht | $112.00 | |
| BEN HECHT *Signed* A BOOK OF MIRACLES 1939 1st HC Not Personalized NICE! Judaica | $225.00 | |
| Ben Hecht / A Child of the Century SIGNED & INSCRIBED 1st Edition 1954 | $375.00 | |
 | Ben HECHT / A CHILD OF THE CENTURY Signed 1954 #205519 | $172.50 | |
| Ben HECHT / Gaily Gaily Signed 1963 | $95.00 | |
| Ben Hecht / The Cat That Jumped Out of the Story Signed 1st Edition 1947 | $500.00 | |
| Ben Hecht A Book of Miracles 1939 First Edition Signed | Viking Press | $600.00 | |
| BEN HECHT and GEORGE GROSZ Signed By Both! "BEWITCHED TAILOR" 1941 Ltd Ed RARE!! | $281.00 | |
| BEN HECHT Signed "CHARLIE" 1957 1st HC/DJ Producer-Developer MEL SIMON's Copy! | $165.00 | |
| BEN HECHT Signed A GUIDE FOR THE BEDEVILLED 1944 1st HC/DJ Anti-Semitism Scarce! | $150.00 | |
| Ben Hecht Signed Book 1923 "The Florentine Dagger" Presentation Copy | $225.00 | |
| BEN HECHT Signed To Famous Chicago Doctor "HUMPTY DUMPTY" HC/1ST (1924) RARE!! | $281.00 | |
| Decision (Signed First Edition Society) (1st Ed, Signed) by Ben Hecht | $55.00 | |
| Decision (Signed First Edition Society) (1st Ed, Signed) by Ben Hecht | $26.00 | |
