| Backstory 2 |
| Acknowledgments |
| Introduction: The Next Wave |
| A Note on Credits |
| Leigh Brackett: Journeyman Plumber |
 | Richard Brooks: The Professional |
| Betty Comden and Adolph Green: Almost Improvisation |
| Garson Kanin: Self-Expression |
| Dorothy Kingsley: The Fixer |
| Arthur Laurents: Emotional Reality |
| Ben Maddow: The Invisible Man |
| Daniel Mainwaring: Americana |
| Walter Reisch: The Tailor |
| Curt Siodmak: The Idea Man |
| Stewart Stern: Out of the Soul |
| Daniel Taradash: Triumph and Chaos |
| Philip Yordan: The Chameleon |
| Bibliographic Notes |
| Select Bibliography |
| Notes on Interviewers |
| General Index |
 | Index of Films, Plays, Television Programs, and Books |
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