Ben Hecht wrote and directed the film (1935), inspired by Liveright and his friend Tommy Smith. An Academy Award winner, it marked the on-screen debut for Noël Coward, who played the central character.[7]
The Scoundrel
Tom Dardis wrote a biography of Liveright, called Firebrand: The Life of Horace Liveright (1995) ( 0679406751).