This is a picture of a husband-wife writing team. Recognize them? If you are a film guru, they may be more familiar, as they are most recognized as scriptwriters. Their names are Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Their scripts? Many classics, some you may recognize: Father of the Bride (1950), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and (one of my personal favorite films) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946).
Read a bit about them at this bio of theirs: http://www.enotes.com/diary-anne/author-biography
This, also, is a picture of a husband-wife writing team. Recognize them? Okay, I won’t get corny. This is my husband and I. In my last post, I talked about my surprise at discovering how wonderful it was to be married to another writer. And we are, indeed, a writing duo, as we spent the summer working on a [currently undisclosed] writing project together, as well as collaborating as co-editors for another project. After a google search, I have discovered several husband-wife writing teams, of both mystery and romance novels. None really interested me. But the Goodrich-Hackett team? I want to follow in the footsteps of the classics. I had known that Father of the Bride was written by a husband-wife team (thank you Turner Classic Movies film introductions!) but I was shocked to discover so many other of my favorite old films were from the pen of that same couple.
As my tagline for this blog says: It’s better when we’re together. Perhaps the same thing can be said of art.