Novelist, screenwriter, playwright, journalist, and memoirist Budd Schulberg would have turned 100 this year. Here's my look at the life of the controversial writer from his childhood in Hollywood to his final years in Quogue, New York. It's in this month's issue of Commentary, and you can read the online version here. I expect -- in fact, I hope -- it will provoke some lively debate among the devoted readers of this blog.
Meanwhile, enjoy this clip from the 1959 TV adaptation of Schulberg's novel What Makes Sammy Run?
