Ronald L. Davis is professor emeritus of history at Southern Methodist University. He is author of Just Making Movies: Company Directors on the Studio System, Words into Images: Screenwriters on the Studio System, Zachary Scott: Hollywood's Sophisticated Cad, and Van Johnson: MGM's Golden Boy, all published by University Press of Mississippi.
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