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THE VOLATILE LIFE AND CAREER OF DAVID SHEWARD For Jerry, who gives me everything Introduction i Coal Miner's Son 2 Growing Up in a Hurry 3 The Dark Ages 4 New York Again 5 A "Bus Accident" with Colleen Dewhurst 6 A Third Marriage, The Hustler, and the Theatre Of Michigan 7 Dr. Strangelove and East Side/West Side 8 Enter Ava 9 Two Comedies and Petulia Io New Marriage, Broadway Hits, and a Flop II Patton 112 Refusing to March in the "Meat Parade" 13 Trish Takes Over 114 Swimming with Dolphins and Drinking with Russians 1[5 A Tame Savage 1[6 Papa, the Beast, and a Sly Fox 17 Patton Meets the Godfather i8 "All I Get Is Junk" z9 "The Most Mellow Son of a Bitch You've Ever Seen" Acknowledgments Appendix A: Major Theatre, Film, and TV Credits Appendix B: Awards and Nominations Notes Bibliography Index THE LIGHTS DIM TO CONCLUDE the evening's performance of Noel Coward's frothy comedy Present Laughter at the Circle in the Square theatre on Broadway.
In The Glass Menagerie, then on Broadway, Tennessee Williams's dreamy protagonist Tom Wingfield described the burning desires of ordinary kids to grab glory off the movie screen: Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everyone in America, while everyone in America sits in a dark room and watches them have them. Yes, until there's a war. That's when adventure becomes available to the masses! Everyone's dish, not only Gable's!... It's our turn now, to go to the South Sea Islands-to make a safari-to be exotic, far-off!
While he dreaded imposing himself on people as journalism required-he'd seen enough of real-life tragedy on the burial detail-he had found release in inhabiting fictional lives. He could unleash his frustrations and anger while remaining safely behind the protective covering of the character. In this case, Scott was able to convincingly portray Sir Robert's steely determination and haughty manner despite his total lack of formal training. His only classroom had been the movies, observing Cagney, Robinson, Bogart, and Davis.