Caption: FOR RELEASE FRIDAY 9/8 WITH UPI "HOLLYWOOD" NEWSFEATURE BY RICK DU BROWNXP1293167-9/8/61-MONROVIA, CALIF.: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Upton Sinclair (shown), hale, hearty and still writing at 83, has signed a contract allowing production of his famous "Lanny Budd" novels as a television series. The books, fictionalized history covering the period from World War I through World War II, described the political life of the era through the eyes of Sinclair's hero, Lanny. UPI TELEPHOTO JL.
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