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Profiles Hollywood screenwriter Tom Benedek. Comments of Benedek, who is forging a new path in the field of fine arts; How Benedek is using the raw material of his past failures for a canvas; Persona; Biographical and career details; Role of screenwriters in the Hollywood hierarchy; Background on Benedek's art project, which involves firing a gun at scripts that were never used.

Focuses on exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica. The 1930s pottery and tile exhibits, which celebrate American modernism; What the exhibits say about California's ability to set trends and reinvent itself; History of California ceramics; Comments of curators, collectors, and ceramicists.

Focuses on architect Albert Frey. Revival of interest in his minimalist philosophy of life and design; Nostalgia for the perceived simplicity of West Coast modernism among Americans in their 30s and 40s; Interest in Palm Springs, California, and the houses built there in the 1940s and 50s; Innovations and use of aluminum in Frey's Palm Spring house, built in 1941; Impact of movies life `L.A. Confidential' on the popularity of the style.