Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part One: Personal History -- 1 The Gentleman from the West (1894-1911) -- 2 The Boy Manager (1911-1914) -- 3 Finding a Niche (1915-1919) -- Part Two: The Executive Apprentice -- 4 Giving the Movies "Class" (1920-1924) -- 5 Organizational Demands (1924-1931) -- 6 Too Much Interference (1932-1934) -- Part Three: Going "Independent" -- 7 Semi-Independent Production (1934-1936) -- 8 A Fine and Daring Producer (1936-1938) -- 9 An Independent in Every Sense of the Word (1938-1939) -- 10 Having It All (1939-1941) -- 11 Wanger at War (1941-1945) -- Part Four: Bitter Teas and Reckless Moments, 1945-1952 -- 12 Fritz Lang, Incorporated -- 13 Susan Hayward, Past and Present -- 14 The Price of Anglophilia -- 15 On the Way Down -- Part Five: Another Comeback: Three Films -- 16 Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) -- 17 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) -- 18 I Want to Live! (1958) -- Part Six: Hollywood Merry-Go-Round -- 19 Arabian Nights (1958-1961) -- 20 The Kafka Play (1961-1962) -- 21 The Curse of Cleopatra (1962-1968) -- Conclusion -- Bibliographic Notes -- Filmography -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.