In nineteen thirty-seven, American playwright Clifford Odets wrote a play called "The Golden Boy."

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Clooney and company could have used Sturges or, even better, Clifford Odets when it came to rewrites.

NEWYORKER: Primary Suspect

Fink (John Turturro), the protagonist, is a left-wing New York playwright obviously based on Clifford Odets who signs a contract to write screenplays in Hollywood.

NEWYORKER: Barton Fink

Being true to oneself is a key issue in Clifford Odets' dark play, "The Big Knife, " written in 1948 during the flush of postwar success, when America's focus turned toward capitalism.

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