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JULY 15, 2007 AT 8 PM ET

NEPHEW DAVID GOODRICH

ON HACKETT AND GOODRICH

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HACKETT AND GOODRICH

Pick a film genre.

Musical: How about The Pirate, Easter Parade, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, In the Good Old Summertime?

Comedy: How about Father Of The Bride, Father's Little Dividend, The Long, Long Trailer?

Mystery: How about The Thin Man, After The Thin Man, Another Thin Man?

Drama: How about The Diary Of Anne Frank – based on their own Tony-Award winning play, no less! and The Hitler Gang?

Frank Capra created his own genre, so how about It’s A Wonderful Life.

Husband/wife screenwriters Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich did it all. And though it might have been known as, say, a Spencer Tracy film, a James Stewart film, a Judy Garland film, or a Vincente Minnelli film, a Frank Capra film, a George Stevens film, it was also very much a Hackett/Goodrich film. For the buzzsaw wit and remarkable talent of Hackett/Goodrich was as dominant as any star or director.

Tune in to ICONS Radio Hour at 8 ET on July 15, as their nephew, author David Goodrich, offers a fascinating, and ultimately quite moving, account of the enduring careers of Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. These two originals stand as vital proof that the director as sole auteur surely needs a critical reassessment.