What Makes Sammy Run?
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What Makes Sammy Run? is a novel by Budd Schulberg inspired by the life of his father, early Hollywood mogul B. P. Schulberg. It is a rags to riches story chronicling the rise and fall of Sammy Glick,
First edition of What Makes Sammy Run?
Jerry Wald
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Jerome Irving Wald was an American screenwriter and a producer of films and radio programs.
What Makes Sammy Run?
…and to identify other party members. When the book was published, there was much speculation that the character of Sammy Glick was based on producer Jerry Wald. Schulberg later admitted that Wald was one of his models, but "not the only one." In his book Competing With Idiots, writer Nick Davis points to his…
Jerry Wald (facing away from camera) during rehearsals for the 1958 Academy Awards, with John Wayne, Maurice Chevalier and Anthony Quinn