My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life.
At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power.
I worked for UFA as a set designer, you know.
Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands.
The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were trying to create a new philosophy.
Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, He was a young man, an actor before that, and learned a lot on the picture. During shooting, Goldstein left, and Ross was most pleasant. He never interfered.
