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Contents foreword ix Acknowledgments xi Prologue xiii family Roots 2 from Columbia to Universal 12 3 Story Editor 27 4 Purchase of The Plastic Age 41 5 My Introduction to Hollywood 50 6 Hollywood Parties 68 7 My friend. Riza 85 8 The Troublemaker 105 9 Meeting Ernest Maas 11 7 10 Honor Among Thieves 138 11 The Maases Go to Europe 152 12 "Swell fish" 163 13 The Depression Years 180 14 Marriage in Crisis 191 15 Motion Picture Peddler 210 16 World War II 219 17 The Desecration of Miss Pilgrim s Progress 230 18 Civil War Stories Are Out 241 Epilogue 252 Index 259 Illustrations follow page 114 ...

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