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“Mailer Makes a Movie.” Article-interview by Constance Gorfinkle. (Quincy, Mass.) Patriot-Ledger, 16 December, 21–22. On the Provincetown set of Tough Guys Don’t Dance near the final day (13 December) of shooting, Mailer talks about the play he was almost in at Harvard, his longtime affiliation with Actors’ Studio and, again, speaks comparatively of writing novels and directing films. See 84.17, 1986 and 1987 entries.