Authors out here : Fitzgerald, West, Parker, and Schulberg in Hollywood / Tom Cerasulo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Ain't we got funds? : markets and vocations in the 1920s -- Dream lives : Fitzgerald and West in 1931-1932 -- Activists, artists, and actors : searches for an audience in 1933-1934 -- Producer's blood : Hollywood takes on Hollywood in 1937 -- The big canvas(es) : lessons to be taught in 1938-1939 -- Put yourself in my place : Hollywood novels of 1940-1941 -- The dust on the wings : reputations and reconfigurations in the 1950s.