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Winter 1970–1971

Special issue on screenwriting, Borden Chase interview, James Poe interview, Anita Loos, Ben Hecht, Dudley Nichols, Preston Sturges in the Thirties

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The Hollywood Screenwriter
By Richard Corliss

George Axelrod and The Manchurian Candidate
By John Hanhardt

The Rise and Fall of the American West
Borden Chase interviewed by Jim Kitses

Confessions of a Frustrated Screenwriter
By Carl Foreman

Jules Furthman
By Richard Koszarski

Ben Hecht: A Sampler
By Steven Fuller

Script to Screen with Max Ophuls
By Howard Koch

The Career of Ring Lardner Jr.
By Kenneth Geist

Written on the Screen: Anita Loos
By Gary Carey

The Career of Dudley Nichols
By Paul Jensen

They Shaft Writers Don’t They?
James Poe interviewed by Michael Dempsey

The Many Voices of Donald Ogden Stewart
By Gary Carey

Preston Sturges in the Thirties
By Andrew Sarris

Screenwriters Symposium

Fifty Filmographies