Her best-known tagline was also her first to be published, written for “Alien”: “In space no one can hear you scream.” By Jeré Longman Barbara Gips, who wrote evocative catchphrases for movie ...

Barbara Gips, who wrote evocative catchphrases for movie advertising campaigns -- most famously "In space no one can hear you scream" for the hit 1979 science-fiction horror film "Alien" -- died Oct.