Charles Bennett

Born just before the century turned, Charles Bennett made his writing debut as a child in 1911, fought in France during World War I while still a teen and resumed his acting career after the war's end. In 1926 he dropped acting to concentrate on being a playwright, later turning one of his most famous plays, "Blackmail," into a screenplay for production under the direction of Alfred Hitchcock. The affiliation with "Hitch" continued into the early 1940s, by which time both Bennett and the director were working in Hollywood. He wrote for producers ranging from Cecil B. DeMille to Irwin Allen to the penny-pinching folks at AIP. "If I couldn't write, I wouldn't want to live," commented Bennett, who had projects (including a remake of "Blackmail") going right up to the time of his death.

查尔斯·贝内特出生于世纪之交前夕，1911年童年时期便初涉写作，第一次世界大战期间未满二十岁就远赴法国参战，战后重返演艺事业。1926年他毅然息影专注戏剧创作，后来将自己最著名的舞台剧《讹诈》改编成电影剧本，交由阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克执导拍摄。他与"希区"的合作持续到1940年代初期，彼时两人已在好莱坞共事。从塞西尔·B·戴米尔到欧文·艾伦，再到精打细算的美国国际影业，贝内特为众多制片方执笔创作。"如果不能写作，我宁愿放弃生命"，这位笔耕不辍直至生命最后一刻的剧作家如是说，临终前仍在推进多个项目（包括《讹诈》重拍版）。

查爾斯·貝內特出生於世紀之交前夕，1911 年童年時期便初涉寫作，第一次世界大戰期間未滿二十歲就遠赴法國參戰，戰後重返演藝事業。1926 年他毅然息影專注戲劇創作，後來將自己最著名的舞台劇《訛詐》改編成電影劇本，交由阿爾弗雷德·希區柯克執導拍攝。他與"希區"的合作持續到 1940 年代初期，彼時兩人已在好萊塢共事。從塞西爾·B·戴米爾到歐文·艾倫，再到精打細算的美國國際影業，貝內特為眾多制片方執筆創作。"如果不能寫作，我寧願放棄生命"，這位筆耕不輟直至生命最後一刻的劇作家如是説，臨終前仍在推進多個項目（包括《訛詐》重拍版）。