Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood (2008)
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 as Narrator |
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Rick Jewell as Self |
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Leonard Maltin as Self |
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Sarah Marcus as Self |
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Bill Savage as Self |
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Richard Schickel as Self |
| Production | George Lucas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rick McCallum | Executive Producer |
| Production | David R. O'Dell | Producer |
| Writing | David R. O'Dell | Writer |
| Editing | Marta Wohl | Editor |