Prologue : the paradox known as Mister Abbott
Pounding and progressing on 42nd Street (1913-1925)
If you want it done right, write it and direct it yourself (1925-1934)
If you really want it done better, produce it yourself (1932-1940)
How did I get typecast in farce? (1932-1939)
The celluloid sidestep (1918-1931)
Adding songwriters to the mix (1935-1945)
Entertaining the homefront (1942-1945)
Working with new (and usually younger) faces (1944-1949)
Post-war blues (1946-1961)
That's entertainment? (1940-1960)
All they want is musicals (1950-1955)
Ignoring the sixties (1959-1962)
Almost but not quite (1964-1989)
Looking back with dubious success (1969-1994)
Epilogue : no exit music, please.