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Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

04/29/2008

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0hr 31min

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Documentary

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • John Parsons
  • Rick Jewell
  • Leonard Maltin
  • Sarah Marcus
  • Bill Savage

    Director

  • George Lucas

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Lucasfilm Ltd.

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

John Parsons

Narrator

Rick Jewell

Self

Leonard Maltin

Self

Sarah Marcus

Self

Bill Savage

Self