Throughout the preparation of this book, I have been nourished by the assistance and encouragement of others, and I am grateful for the op portunity to thank them for their contributions. The incisive comments and illuminating exhortations of William I. Oliver have enriched this project from start to finish. His faith and fomentations, together with innumerable perusals of manuscript drafts, have inspired this study and made its writing a joy. For their helpful criticisms of various drafts, I wish also to thank George House, William Nestrick, Charles R. Lyons, and Ernest Callenbach, each of whom advised distinct revisions that have enhanced the final version of this study. Weldon A. Kefauver, the Editorial Board of the Ohio State University Press, and their readers have provided generous support and advice, for which I am grateful as well. The process of researching and preparing this book has been indis pensably facilitated by an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University and by faculty research grants from Middlebury College and the University of Denver. I am pleased to acknowledge their investment in this book, which has profited also from the hospi tality of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and the Pacific Film Archives in Berkeley. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint from their publications: Associated Book Publishers; The Bodley Head; British Film Institute; Corporate Trust N.V.; Grove Press, Inc.; Hamish Hamilton Limited; Harlan Kennedy; Methuen London Ltd.; Ran dom House, Inc.; Stein and Day Publishers; and Anthony Sheil Associates Ltd. Finally, I wish to express my gratitude to Mark A. Rhoda, whose pa tience, generosity, keen eye, and hard work have contributed liberally to the production of this text. His devotion and labor have served me im measurably in this task and in others.
