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It's an autobiography. The book is about the author's adventures in the movie industry as an actor and producer. The author also talks about the different players, whereby talking bad about the ones that he doesn't like, and good about the ones he likes. The book has some important revelations on how the movie industry works.
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Plot & Themes

Romance    -   Yes Job/profession/poverty story    -   Yes Family, hate    -   Yes Struggle with:    -   Brother    -   Wife The difficult family member    -   disapproves of life choices    -   disapproves of business decisions Ethnic/regional/gender    -   Yes Story of entertainer?    -   Director/Producer

Subject of Biography

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   actor/actress/producer Ethnicity    -   White Nationality    -   American

Setting

How much descriptions of surroundings?    -   8 () United States    -   Yes The US:    -   California Misc setting    -   Fancy Mansion

Writing Style

Pictures/Illustrations?    -   A lot 11-15 B&W How much dialogue in bio?    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?    -   26-50% of book

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