Take Two: A Life in Movies and Politics by Philip Dunne
 
Philip Dunne arrived in Hollywood in 1930, the depth of the Depression--not the best season for job hunting. There was, however, a promising aspect in his timing. The silent era was ending. The young men and women of his generation were the ones who would give Hollywood a voice. Unlike most of the others, Dunne had left behind a privileged background of boarding school, Harvard and Southampton summers.
 
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