A behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood's film industry reveals the roles and functions of its agents, directors, stars, writers, producers, and technicians. Economy is the dominant motivational factor affecting everyone connected with Hollywood; actors, scripts, and film production specialists are evaluated entirely in dollars. Coping with this economic fact of Hollywood life is the major problem of all those involved with film production. Future technological advancements in public audiovisual entertainment are likely to increase economic strictures on the film industry. (CH)