There's something mystical about Hollywood & Vine, something that makes you think there could be a good story there. We gathered our favorite screenwriter friends in LA to learn their secrets, share some drinks, and pretend we lived in the 1940s.

At Hollywood & Vine, August 10, 2005

Photos by Steven Scott

Blind Date segment producer Jeremy Padow and the Dr. Phil Show production department's own Shannan E. Johnson

KCET writer Wendy Pond with filmmaker Walter Boholst

Me Myself and I Productions writer Nathan Scoggins, Primedia/Pacific Media screenwriter Jim Frye, Filmstreet Inc. writer/director Peter Foldy, and writers Iva-Marie Palmer and Steve Stanis

Writer Nick Manousakis

Wildform producer Jonathan Blank

Scherick Associates developer Stephen Abronson, Avalon Media Management general manager Ken Basham, and Jonathan Blank

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