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<p>Wilk, a prolific writer for books, screen, and television, assembles an homage to the most influential screenwriters of the industry from the silent era to the 1970s. Includes Billy Wilder, Sidney Buchman (<i>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</i>), Donald Ogden Stewart (<i>The Philadelphia Story</i>), Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich (<i>It's a Wonderful Life</i>), Evan Hunter (<i>The Birds</i>), and many others. Annotation &copy;2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>Because his father worked for Warner Bros. during its heyday, Wilk (They're Playing Our Song: Conversations with America's Classic Songwriters; OK!: The Story of Oklahoma!; etc.) grew up a Warner brat, absorbing the many revealing life lessons a place like Warner Bros. threw in his midst. The prolific author singles out not the Hollywood legends populating the Warner studio but its unvalued screenwriters, the schmucks with Underwoods, as studio honcho Jack L. Warner once quipped. Beginning in the early 1970s, Wilk interviewed some of the people who penned some of Hollywood's most enduring achievements going back to the 1930s and '40s, among them Donald Odgen Stewart (The Philadelphia Sto

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Author

Wilk, Max

Publisher

Applause Theatre & Cinema Books; Sales & distribution, North America, Hal Leonard Corp.

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781557835086

Category

biography

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.85 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13