USC Thesis Other. The rumor mill: How fan magazines portrayed Hollywood, Warren This nonfiction book is submitted in fulfillment of final project requirements for the Master of Professional Writing, the University of Southern California.
In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. All rights reserved. Warren The movie magazine was gone ere my own quest began, become now, I suppose, a collector's item. Since that time over two years ago, she has provided encouragement and criticism, guidance and support that have meant much to me and I thank her for all of it.
I could not have pursued, much less completed, this thesis without her patient assistance, as well as that of my fellow writers and instructors in the Masters of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California.
I wish to thank especially Ned Comstock of the Cinema- Television Library at USC for giving me unparalleled access to hundreds of precious magazines, as well as steering me toward reference materials and sympathetic folks, greatly aiding my quest. Thanks also to Barbara Hall and Lucia Schultz of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for pulling records, files and loose magazines from storage, allowing me to examine and often photocopy the genuine articles when possible.
For sharing her exhaustive collection of clippings, her encyclopedic knowledge of stars current and past, the remembrances of her mother and father, and most of all for her friendship, I wish to thank Connie McCormick Van Wyck.
