Schulberg was deeply influenced by his mother Tina. In the early 1930s, Tina came back from Moscow and brought many Soviet short stories to her son. Therefore, Schulzberg is familiar with Gorky's "Mother" and "Enemy", describing the workers' movement and shaping the image of workers with fighting spirit; He is familiar with Isaac Babel's The Red Cavalry. He recalled: "In the middle of the night, I turned on the light and studied hard. I hope that one day, my works can be included in similar anthologies. "
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Budd schulberg 17 years old began to write propaganda for Paramount, touting some rising stars. However, budd schulberg, who has been in contact with Hollywood for many years, has become an out-and-out rebel of Hollywood's aesthetic orientation and commercial production mode. After receiving an education at Dartmouth College, he started as a screenplay reader and then became a screenplay writer. 1937, join the * * * production party. 1939, the producer asked him to reflect the party's teachings in a novel and quit the party.
194 1 year, 27-year-old Schulberg made his debut with the novel How Sammy Becomes an Official, which tells the story of how a boy who works as a handyman in a newspaper in new york ascended the throne of the production director of a Hollywood film company by such despicable means as stealing, lying and cheating. Because there are many plots alluding to Hollywood tycoon Louis Meyer in the novel, the latter flew into a rage and threatened to deport Schulberg. Fortunately, Schulberg's father, B.P. Schulberg, was in a high position at that time. Because of his intercession, Louis Meyer did not pursue it.
But this novel made young Schulberg a blockbuster, especially because he knew the inside story like the back of his hand. Although he was curious and fascinated by Hollywood, he had to be regarded as a "traitor". Years later, when talking about the prototype in his first novel, Schulberg hit the nail on the head and pointed out: "What I outlined is not a person, but a way of behavior."