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London: Andre Deutsch, 1986 An account of the making of John Huston's film THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, from conception to realization, presenting "everything any sane person should want to know about how a big film studio functions and, in effect, how the American motion-picture industry functions. The story, while wholly factual, takes the form of a novel. It deals with a director [John Huston], a producer, a cast, a technical crew, a swarm of vice-presidents -- an entire fantastic hierarchy of talented, ambitious, power-haunted, fearful people who struggle together and against one another as they attempt to make a picture they variously hope will be a work of art, a box-office hit, or both." An absorbing book, and a landmark of entertainment-industry journalism; originally published as a series of articles in The New Yorker. (Heiskell, "100 Books on Hollywood & the Movies," 75). --------------- Top left back cover slightly creased. Size: 4" X 8"