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Vanda Krefft For me, writer's block usually occurs because I don't have enough information: consciously, I think I know what I am talking about, but subconsciously…moreFor me, writer's block usually occurs because I don't have enough information: consciously, I think I know what I am talking about, but subconsciously, I know that I don't and so I can't move ahead. Thus, the most useful strategy I have found is to go back and do more research. Sometimes the additional information makes me even more confused--but only temporarily. At a certain point, it all settles into place and more or less starts to write itself.
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Vanda Krefft Hi Leo--This looks like a duplicate question. Here's the answer I posted yesterday: Thanks for writing and I am very glad to hear that you are enjoyin…moreHi Leo--This looks like a duplicate question. Here's the answer I posted yesterday: Thanks for writing and I am very glad to hear that you are enjoying the book. I think this is the sentence (on p. 658) in question: "Other future legendary names who passed through Fox Film during this time with scant appreciation included Humphrey Bogart, who made his film debut in A Devil with Women (1930), inexplicably teamed with Victor McLaglen as a comedy act; Spencer Tracy; Jeanette MacDonald; Joel McCrea; and three former vaudeville comedians then called the “Racketeers”—brothers Moe and Shemp Howard along with Larry Fine, who would soon achieve success elsewhere as the Three Stooges." I could have written that sentence more clearly. What I meant was that Bogart and McLaglen appeared in "A Devil with Women," and that the others stars subsequently mentioned starred in other Fox movies at the time. Sorry for the confusion!

So, I didn't mean that the Stooges were in "A Devil with Women," but that they appeared in another Fox movie in this time frame.
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"While the story of [William Fox's] fall from grace is dramatic, his rise is just as fascinating...Whether Krefft is describing how Fox built his studio, ushered in the talkies, or weathered a litany of troubles—bankruptcy, jail time for trying to bribe a judge, and poor health—in his later years, h Read more of this blog post »
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“carry your hearts high in the face of difficult things.”
Vanda Krefft, Expect Great Things!: How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women

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