VARIETY (or was it NEWSWEEK) had detailed description of Elaine May's contribution to WOLF. Since their younger days, Nichols has been directing while Mays has been less prominently writing (occasionally directing) but often working as a script doctor (both credited and uncredited). Writer's credits is a complicated issue arising from earlier days when producers would assign writers credits for reasons of their own regardless of who actually participated. Further, it becomes ludicrous when large numbers of writers make contributions. The Writers' Guild contract specifies the maximum number of writers who can be given screen credit. Included in the contract is a procedure for arbitration in the event of disputes over who should receive credit. Then there's the matter of writers being unwilling to have their names associated with particular films. One can't force a writer to accept credit for work that has been mucked about by other hands. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]>