Foreword: Fred Zinnemann Speaking
1. From Berlin to Hollywood: The Early Screenplays
2. Champagne and Tears: Ninotchka, Midnight, and Ball of Fire
3. New Directions: The Major and the Minor and Five Graves to Cairo
4. The Rise of Film Noir: Double Indemnity
5. Through a Glass Darkly: The Lost Weekend and Die Todesmühlen
6. Wunderbar: The Emperor Waltz and A Foreign Affair
7. Dark Windows: Sunset Boulevard
8. Barbed Wire Satire: Ace in the Hole and Stalag 17
9. Fascination: Sabrina and The Seven Year Itch
10. Light Up the Sky: The Spirit of St. Louis and Love in the Afternoon
11. Remains to Be Seen: Witness for the Prosecution
12. The Gang’s All Here: Some Like It Hot
13. Love on the Dole: The Apartment
14. Love on the Run: One, Two, Three and Irma la Douce
15. Grifters: Kiss Me, Stupid and The Fortune Cookie
16. The Game’s Afoot: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
17. The Perfect Blendship: The Front Page and Avanti!