The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries

Season 3 Episode 23: Ben Hecht - Shakespeare of Hollywood

Chicago in the roaring twenties was a hotbed of activity -- mostly criminal. Mobsters controlled gambling and the flow of alcohol, and they brutally exacted their revenge on their rivals. It was a bloody way of life for gangsters, but newspapermen had a field day. Ben Hecht was a reporter who could find and tell great stories, bringing the harsh realities of Chicago life on to the front page with a human dimension. Exploring the human condition with words would always be important to Hecht, even when he traded the back alleys of Chicago for Hollywood's back-lots, becoming tinsel-town's most respected screenwriter.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

3

Episodes:

98

Cast:

Danny Shorago, H.W. Brands, John Parsons

Quality:

HD

Duration:

32 min

First Air:

2007

Rating:

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