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In San Francisco, Vulgarity, "bad Taste," Ostentation Are Regarded As A Kind Of Alien Blight, An Invasion Or Encroachment From Outside. In Los Angeles, There Is So Much Money And Power Connected With Ostentation That Is No Longer Ludicrous: It Commands A Kind Of Respect. For If The Mighty Behave Like This, Then Quiet Good Taste Means That You Can't Afford The Conspicuous Expenditures, And You Become A Little Ashamed Of Your Modesty And Propriety.

Great Movies Are Rarely Perfect Movies.

Moviegoers Like To Believe That Those They Have Made Stars Are Great Actors. People Used To Say That Gary Cooper Was A Fine Actor Probably Because When They Looked In His Face They Were Ready To Give Him Their Power Of Attorney.

Protagonists Are Always Loners, Almost By Definition.

There Is Something Spurious About The Very Term 'a Movie Made For Tv,' Because What You Make For Tv Is A Tv Program.