Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

31m
Documentary
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As a newspaper writer in Chicago, young Ben Hecht saw it all and learned how to captivate an audience with his writing. By the 1920s, he took that talent to Hollywood as a screenwriter, where he crafted some of the classic Hollywood films.

Cast

John Parsons
Narrator
Rick Jewell
Self
Leonard Maltin
Self
Sarah Marcus
Self
Bill Savage
Self
Richard Schickel
Self

Crew

David R. O'Dell
Writer, Producer
Marta Wohl
Editor
George Lucas
Executive Producer
Rick McCallum
Executive Producer

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