Editor's preface, by Charles Reed Jones.--Introduction, by Leo McCarey.--Find yourself, by Bob Hope.--Getting started, by Alan Ladd.--Starting as an extra, by Veronica Lake.--Don't be typed, by Gene Tierney.--The leading man, by Dana Andrews.--The leading woman, by Loretta Young.--The character actor, by William Demarest.--Playing comedy, by Betty Hutton.--Dance your way to fame, by Betty Grable.--Start singing, by Frank Sinatra.--The child player, by Doris Dudley.--The screen cowboy, by Gene Autry.--What is a star?, by Linda Darnell.--Writing screenplays, by Don Hartman.--The still cameraman, by Ernest Bachrach.--The cinematographer, by Gregg Toland.--The art director, by Leo E. Kuter.--The costume designer, by Edith Head.--The musical director, by Dimitri Tiomkin.--The director, by Sam Wood.--The producer, by Jerry Wald.--Hollywood agent, by Bert Allenberg.--Motion picture public relations, by Dave E. Epstein.--Non-theatrical films, by Samuel A. Datlowe.--Radio, by Gertrude Berg.--Television, by Ford Bond.