Childhood; early impressions of theater and film; Culver Military Academy, 1922-27; Princeton University: acting and directing with Triangle Club, Unversity Players; decadence of Berlin, 1931; study with Stanislavsky in Russia, 1931; early acting, directing and production jobs in New York theater and Hollywood; plays and films: MR. ROBERTS, SOUTH PACIFIC, and PICNIC; philosophy about hits and direc ting; impressions of numerous composers, producers and actors, including Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Charlie Leatherbee, Margaret Sullavan, Kurt Weill