Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

2008Documentary

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.

Release2008-04-29

Runtime31 min

StatusReleased

CountriesUnited States of America

Original languageEN

SpokenEnglish

WritersDavid R. O'Dell

ProductionLucasfilm Ltd.

Popularity1

TMDB ID1505495

Cast

John Parsons

Narrator

Rick Jewell

Self

Leonard Maltin

Self

Sarah Marcus

Self

Bill Savage

Self

Richard Schickel

Self

Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

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