Bound and Gagged in Hollywood: Edward L. Hartmann, Screenwriter and Producer Paperback – June 2, 2006 9780810857292

In Bound and Gagged in Hollywood: Edmund Hartmann, Screenwriter and Producer, author and film scholar Donald W. McCaffrey looks over the long and varied career of this talented man. Drawing on more than fifty interviews, McCaffrey creates a profile of a man whose success in film extended to television triumphs. The book also covers Hartmann’s tenure as president of the Western branch of the Writers Guild in the 1950s, as he and his fellow screenwriters endured investigations by the House Un-American Activities committee. As writer and producer for CBS and ABC in the 1960s, Hartmann was bound by contracts that favored the production companies. Despite many years working on four situation television comedies, he never received residual royalties.

In this intimate portrait, McCaffrey provides an analysis of Hartmann’s work on both the large and small screens, covering a span of more than forty years. Hartmann himself, a raconteur of the first order, adds spice to the narrative with anecdotes and an insider’s view of the creative process. This book is a fitting tribute to a man whose legacy lives on