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I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.

Source: A Child of the Century, bk. 5, Illustrations by Dor? (Gustave) (1954). The producer, Hecht explained, is the shadow cast by the studio's owner. It falls across the entire studio product. H
-- Ben Hecht, (Feb 28 1893-1964), US novelist, playwright, screenwriter; He wrote many novels about city life and co-wrote many Hollywood and Broadway hits, including Front Page, 1928.

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