Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

Name: Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-04-29
Duration: 31 min
Cast: John Parsons, Rick Jewell, Leonard Maltin, Sarah Marcus, Bill Savage

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2008-04-29

Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

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.

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John Parsons

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Rick Jewell

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Leonard Maltin

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Sarah Marcus

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Bill Savage