Sitting Pretty

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UNITED STATES—Money in the bank--that's what this new iteration of the screenplay way.  Confident, buoyant, even a little cocky. It was heady to be...
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Payday

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UNITED STATES—I have friends in high places. One of them is Jesús of Hollywood. He recently told me I was due a big payday....
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Resolutions

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UNITED STATES—I get steamed when radio DJs start chirping about resolutions, usually a couple days before people put on the funny hats and start...
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Collaboration

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UNITED STATES—The writer-director Everett Lewis called me up a week or so later and said he had read my screenplay. He said it was...
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Payoff

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UNITED STATES—Wylie had a big house on Sixth Ave., near Country Club Park. The neighborhood is just as peaceful as it sounds. The house...
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Crossword

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UNITED STATES—“It’s nearly noon.” “That’s amazing. I hadn’t realized,” Suzanne said. “Sunday morning evaporates.” Everyone was clustered at the door of the café and Daniel had to...
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I Am/Was A Jerk

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UNITED STATES—In “The Summing Up” W. Somerset Maugham rawly states, “I have never kept a diary. I wish now that during the year that...
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The Doghouse

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UNITED STATES—The Palmer House got all gussied up with the help of a threat from the city. Then came the big day of the...
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Mattresside

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UNITED STATES—The revamping of the Palmer House, a fleabag of over 100 rooms, didn’t just occur out of the blue. Nothing ever did in...
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The Fox Outfoxed

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UNITED STATES—The Wylie Empire included a hotel in a prime location on Skid Row—the elegantly named Palmer House on Wall St. (conveniently around the...
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