Albert Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. He almost always collaborated with his wife Frances Goodrich (December 21, 1900 – January 29, 1984). February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... American, when used as an adjective, can mean of the United States of America or of or relating to the Americas; when used as a noun, United States citizen, residing in the Americas, or less frequently American English. Immigrants to the United States are usually called first-generation Americans, regardless... A dramatist is an author of dramatic compositions, usually plays. ... Screenwriters, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Hacketts came 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. For other uses, see Hollywood (disambiguation) Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that runs from about Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Referred to as the Roaring 20s. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1988 to 1989. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Categories: Movie stubs | 1934 films | Drama films | AFI 100 Laughs | MGM films | Best Picture Oscar Nominee | Best Actor Oscar Nominee (film) | United States National Film Registry ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Woodbridge Woody Strong Van Dyke II (March 21, 1889 - February 5, 1943) was an American film director. ... ’’ Raymond Chandler, in The Simple Art of Murder Samuel Dashiell Hammett ( May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. ... William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles. ... Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 - December 14, 1993) was a United States actress, well known for her motion picture work. ...

They 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). 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 for their original play The Diary of Anne Frank. The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... After the Thin Man was the 1936 sequel to the film The Thin Man. ... Father of the Bride is a 1950 comedy film which tells the story of a man trying to cope with all of the disasters that happen along the way from the time that his daughter announces that shes engaged, until the wedding actually occurs. ... Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a movie musical released in 1954. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries. ... Easter Parade is a 1948 musical film starring Fred Astaire and Judy Garland. ... Cover of the diarys Definitive Edition, 1995. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ...

Some of their other films include: Another Thin Man (1939) and It's A Wonderful Life (1946). Another Thin Man is a 1939 film, the third in the series of six Thin Man movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and based on the writings of Dashiell Hammett. ... Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ...