Dedication
To HARRY PAYNE BURTON because he made me write it
Author’s Note
There are no portraits of living persons in the following pages.
The incidents related in illustration of present-day methods of motion-picture production are, on the other hand, with one minor exception, drawn from first-hand observation in the California studios.
Under the title of THE COAST OF COCKAIGNE, an abridged version of this story was published serially, during the Winter of 1921-22, in McCall’s Magazine.
Louis Joseph Vance
Darien, 20 January, 1922.