| Backstory 2 |
| Acknowledgments |
| Introduction: The Next Wave |
| A Note on Credits |
| Leigh Brackett: Journeyman Plumber |
 | Richard Brooks: The Professional |
| • | Richard Brooks (1912–1992) |
| Betty Comden and Adolph Green: Almost Improvisation |
| • | Betty Comden (1919–) and Adolph Green (1915–) |
| Garson Kanin: Self-Expression |
| • | Garson Kanin (1912–) (and Ruth Gordon, 1896–1985) |
| Dorothy Kingsley: The Fixer |
| • | Dorothy Kingsley (1909–) |
| Arthur Laurents: Emotional Reality |
| • | Arthur Laurents (1917–) |
| Ben Maddow: The Invisible Man |
| Ben Maddow (David Wolff) (1909–1992) |
| • | As David Wolff |
| • | As Ben Maddow |
| • | Act One— A Poet, So What? |
| • | Act Two— Pure Accident |
| • | Interlude: The Blacklist |
| • | Interlude II— God, at Last |
| • | Act Four— Millions of Words |
| Daniel Mainwaring: Americana |
| Daniel Mainwaring (Geoffrey Homes) (1902–1977) |
| • | As Geoffrey Homes |
| • | As Daniel Mainwaring |
| Walter Reisch: The Tailor |
| • | Walter Reisch (1903–1983) |
| Curt Siodmak: The Idea Man |
| • | Curt Siodmak (1902–) |
| Stewart Stern: Out of the Soul |
| • | Stewart Stern (1922–) |
| Daniel Taradash: Triumph and Chaos |
| • | Daniel Taradash (1913–) |
| Philip Yordan: The Chameleon |
| • | Philip Yordan (1913–) |
| • | Philip Yordan Anti-Filmography |
| Bibliographic Notes |
| Select Bibliography |
| Notes on Interviewers |
| General Index |
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| Index of Films, Plays, Television Programs, and Books |
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