Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Militant Surrealist -- 2. The Production of L'Âge d'or -- 3. A Fecund Scandal -- 4. A Brief Stay in Hollywood -- 5. The Coming of the Spanish Second Republic -- 6. A Stormy Year -- 7. Time-Serving at Paramount-Joinville -- 8. The Mutations of L'Âge d'or and Other Projects -- 9. From Las Hurdes to Terre sans pain -- 10. Dubbing at Warner Bros. -- 11. Commerce, Art, and Politics -- 12. Filmófono -- 13. The Outbreak of the Spanish Civil War -- 14. A Two-Year Mission in Paris -- 15. Final Flight to the United States -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.