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Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania 11/5/1895; died 4/21/1956 of an internal hemor- rhage in New York City. Married to actress Helen Hayes (1928-1956 his death). Father of actor James MacArthur. MacArthur began his career as a reporter on Chicago and New York newspapers (1914-1923), then began writing plays in 1924; writer-producer of movies beginning in 1929. Among his best-known plays were (several he collaborated with Ben Hecht on) The Front Page, Twentieth Century, The Scoundrel and Swan Song. The Front Page was adapted to ABC-Radio (1948); CBS-TV (1949-1950).
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