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And from nearly every movie mavin came the cackle of contumely: the arrogant director had committed career harakiri.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much of the credit for the Cinderella publishing story goes to Robert Gottlieb, then the editorial genie in residence at Simon & Schuster, now the mavin at Alfred Knopf.

From Time Magazine Archive