Publishers Weekly, June 20th, 1994
Shaun Considine. Random, $25 (304p) ISBN 0-679-40892-4
Considine (Bette & Joan: The Divine Feud) has written an engrossing and lively biography of the late screenwriter, the only one to win three Oscars-for Marry, Hospital and Network. Chayefsky (1923-1981) also wrote the screenplays for other notable films, such as Altered States, the hallucinatory melodrama that made William Hurt famous, as well as Broadway comedies and dramas. Yet he got his start writing for TV-- Marry originated as a one-hour episode of "Philco Television Playhouse"--and the chapters deta...
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