The Methuen Book of Movie Stories

by Sheridan Morley

Many writers have been drawn to Hollywood, to relish or endure its vicissitudes, and their stories are gathered together in this anthology. Morley draws on work by a range of writers, including F. Scott Fitzgerald on the world of the Hollywood screenwriter, and Raymond Chandler on movie murders.

Hardcover

Published November 14, 1994

About the author

Sheridan A. Morley (5 December 1941 − 16 February 2007) was an English author, biographer, critic and broadcaster. He was the official biographer of Sir John Gielgud and wrote biographies of many other theatrical figures he had known, including Noël Coward.

Morley was the eldest son of actor Robert Morley and grandson, via his mother Joan Buckmaster, of the actress Dame Gladys Cooper.