Jules Furthman was an American magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter. Pauline Kael once wrote that Furthman "has written about half of the most entertaining movies to come out of Hollywood "
Jules Furthman (left) and actor William Russell in 1919
Ben Hecht 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.
Hecht in 1945
Hecht in 1919
Caricature of Ben Hecht in 1923, drawn by fellow Chicago reporter (and later screenwriter) Gene Markey
New York City opening of A Flag is Born at the Alvin Playhouse