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"Others find satisfaction in pretending. Couldn't you? Couldn't I?" - from the track "Make Believe," by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II for the musical Show Fishing boat In June 1951, Edna Ferber mind to Hollywood to aid an old good friend, Max, who have found himself blacklisted in the McCarthy anti-Communist hearings, that have rattled Hollywood with allegations of Communist sympathies. She has no plans of becoming associated with the soon-to-be-released MGM film predicated on her bestselling novel Show Fishing boat. She first satisfied Potential Jeffries when he worked on the 1927 Broadway development of Show Fishing boat, & most recently he previously brought his magic to the new film version starring Ava Gardner. Actually, he was the one who pushed to own Gardner play the role of Julie, the doomed mulatto. But Potential, expelled from the MGM lot and shunned by friends, is not credited on the film because of his political leanings. Edna's visit is one of a friendly relationship, nothing more - until Potential ends up lifeless. Edna now must search for answers to the questions adjoining his fatality. She starts socializing with Ava Gardner, a woman currently scandalizing Hollywood and annoying Hedda Hopper because of her affair with Frank Sinatra, who have left his partner for the sultry goddess. Edna locates Ava, the supposedly hard-as-nails temptress, to be a vulnerable, insecure girl whom she involves like. Because the gentle Potential was killed right after a open public brawl with Sinatra, Ava concerns that her fan will be implicated. Edna takes on sleuth quietly, becoming associated with the folks who hang around the sides of Hollywood popularity and lot of money, where she uncovers dark tiers of greed, envy, and desire. Against the background of the new Show Fishing boat is the tawdry romance of dream-street Hollywood itself - all part of the world of make-believe. Ed Ifkovic taught literature and creative writing at a community school for over three generations. His short stories and essays have appeared in the Village Voice, America, Hartford Monthly, and Journal of Popular Culture.
