Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Mann Rubin

Rubin wrote the first screenplay for An American Dream, one that was altered considerably by Warner Brothers. For example, the setting was changed to Los Angeles.

Rubin wrote the first screenplay for An American Dream, one that was altered considerably by Warner Brothers. For example, the setting was changed to Los Angeles. Mailer’s letter(s) to Mann Rubin appear in Norman Mailer’s Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969 (04.7).

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