In the grand days of the Empire, Hollywood's relation to Art was that of an indulgent but faintly contemptuous uncle. Now, in the parlous years of the Republic, the relation is altered: Art is the uncle, and Hollywood is the loving, overindulged nephew. But family conversations are still fascinating.
Last week Producer Jerry Wald, whose last two films have been Grace Metalious' Return to Peyton Place and Elvis Presley's Wild in the Country, and whose heart's desire is to film James Joyce's Ulysses, said in self-defense: "I'm not idiotic enough to put Metalious on a level with Joyce." (He had been...
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