This is an engaging and informative look into the inner workings of the Hollywood studio system as experienced by thirteen veteran screenwriters - including Charles Bennett ("Reap the Wild Wind"), Julius Epstein ("Arsenic and Old Lace"), Philip Dunne ("Last of the Mohicans"), and Edmund North ("The Day the Earth Stood Still"). "Words into Images" explores a broad range of topics, including studio politics, production problems, frustrations caused by directors and producers, and the contributions and difficulties presented by movie stars. Conducted after the writers had retired or moved beyond the studio system, this collection offers a vivid, candid, and previously undocumented vision of moviemaking during Hollywood's heyday.