
"Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe."
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
Max Perkins

Thomas Wolfe

Aline Bernstein

Louise Saunders

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ernest Hemingway

Zelda Fitzgerald

John Wheelock

Assistant Editor
Bertha Perkins

Zippy Perkins
Julia Wolfe

John Wheelock

Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

Scribner's Staff

Mabel Wolfe

Director

Jane Perkins
Peggy Perkins
Nancy Perkins
Miss Wyckoff

James, Mailroom Clerk

Scribner's Staff
Scribner's Staff
Scribner's Staff

Scribner's Staff
Scribner's Staff
Scribner's Staff
Scribner's Staff
Scribner's Staff

Scribner's Staff
Scribner's Staff

Purring Woman

Guest at Purring Woman's Table
Guest at Purring Woman's Table
Guest at Purring Woman's Table
Guest at Purring Woman's Table
Actress

Actor

Lighting Technician
Lighting Technician
Woman at Bar
Woman at Bar
Band
Band
Band
Band
Band
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Grand Central Station Conductor

John Hopkins Hospital Nurse

Funeral Minister
Effie Wolfe
Frank Wolfe
Frederick Wolfe