Coast to Coast

Nora Johnson was a young child when her parents'' marriage collapsed. Her father, Nunnally Johnson, the writer, producer, or director of many acclaimed movies, such as The Grapes of Wrath and The Dirty Dozen, remained in California, where he would continue to be a major Hollywood presence for more than three decades. Nora''s mother, Marion, a beautiful but unsettled woman, took her to New York to ...