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Albert Hackett

Albert Hackett

Writer and actor · Died March 16, 1995, aged 95 · Nutley, New Jersey, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert Maurice Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich. Hackett was born in New York City, the son of actress Florence Hackett (née Hart) and Maurice Hackett. Not long after marrying screenwriter Frances Goodrich, the couple went 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. However this is only because it was written and released before the enactment of the Hollywood Production Code, which strictly censored movies from mid-1934 until the early 1960s (see Pre-Code). The other Nick and Nora films show a steep decline regarding the "groundbreaking maturity" of the Charleses' marriage. The Hacketts 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).[1] 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 and the New York Drama Critics Circle award for their original play The Diary of Anne Frank. Some of their other films include: Another Thin Man (1939) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 14, 1900
Died
March 16, 1995 (aged 95)
From
Nutley, New Jersey, USA
Works as
Writer and actor
Titles
30 on MovieCove · 50 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 16% in 30 days

What are Albert Hackett's films like?

Across their 29 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
50%
Self
21%
Morality
12%
Society
6%
Survival
5%
Power
5%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 22 · Serious 3 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 18 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 15 · Charged 9 · Intense 5

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 18 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 10

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 23 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
17
Warm
14
Romantic
13
Tense
8
Melancholic
8
Other
15

How their films linger

Feel-good23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy21
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Albert Hackett's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Albert Hackett's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

50 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.

  • Father of the Bride Part II(1995)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Father of the Bride(1991)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Clarence(1990)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Diary of Anne Frank(1980)

    Screenplay · Theatre Play

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Diary of Anne Frank(1967)

    Theatre Play

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Five Finger Exercise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Screenplay

  • The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)

    Screenplay · Theatre Play

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • A Certain Smile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Screenplay

  • Gaby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Screenplay

  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(1954)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Long, Long Trailer(1954)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Give a Girl a Break(1953)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Too Young to Kiss(1951)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Father's Little Dividend(1951)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Father of the Bride(1950)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • In the Good Old Summertime(1949)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Easter Parade(1948)

    Original Story · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Pirate(1948)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Summer Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Screenplay

  • Miss Tatlock's Millions(1948)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • It's a Wonderful Life(1946)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Virginian(1946)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Hitler Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Screenplay

  • Lady in the Dark(1944)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Another Thin Man(1939)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Society Lawyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Screenplay

  • Thanks for the Memory(1938)

    Theatre Play

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Firefly(1937)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • After the Thin Man(1936)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Small Town Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • Rose-Marie(1936)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Ah Wilderness!(1935)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Naughty Marietta(1935)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Hide-Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Screenplay

  • The Thin Man(1934)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Fugitive Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Screenplay

  • Penthouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Screenplay

  • The Secret of Madame Blanche(1933)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Up Pops the Devil(1931)

    Theatre Play

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Whoopee!(1930)

    as Chester Underwood

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • A Woman's Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Kenneth Plummer

  • The Country Flapper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Hopp Jumpp

  • Molly O' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Billy O'Dair

  • The Good-Bad Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Leigh Carter

  • Away Goes Prudence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Jimmie Ryan

  • Anne of Green Gables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Robert

  • The Career of Katherine Bush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Bert Bush

  • Come Out of the Kitchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Charles Daingerfield

  • The School Principal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1913)

    as Tommy Moriarty

  • Just Pretending (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1912)

    as Albert Mills - the Little Boy

Career shape

A full career of 48 titles from 1912 to 1995.

Biggest box office

Father of the Bride (1991)

$89M worldwide

Highest rated

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Midcredits 99th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting11 of 48: 11 only acting, 0 with another roleWriting37 of 48: 37 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score70th

By decade

1910s5 · acting1920s5 · acting1930s16 · 1 acting · 15 crew1940s8 · crew1950s9 · crew1960s2 · crew1980s1 · crew1990s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Albert Hackett's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 30 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · writer

The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)

78th percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 58/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Albert Hackett's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles2–27 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles3–28 · median 16 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles5–20 · median 9 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles21–60 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles5–31 · median 13 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Albert Hackett work with?

People who share at least 2 of Albert Hackett's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Frances Goodrich shares the most, 28.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers