Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- One: Prelude at Eagle-Lion -- Two: Gambling on Independent Production -- Three: The Company in Place -- Four: Making Them Big -- Five: The Studio without Walls -- Six: Selling Them Big -- Seven: International Operations, Part 1: Of Art Films and Great Britain -- Eight: "007": A License to Print Money -- Nine: International Operations, Part 2: France and Italy -- Ten: Life with a Conglomerate -- Eleven: To MGM and Beyond -- Appendix 1: United Artists' Domestic Releases, 1951-1978 -- Appendix 2: United Artists' Principal Producers, 1951-1978 -- Appendix 3: United Artists Collection Addition, 1950-1980 -- Notes -- Index of Motion Picture Titles -- General Index.