CHAPTER 1: Hollywood 1939 An introduction to the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers, including a historical overview of SIMPP, a brief summary of its founding members, and a description of their battle against the Hollywood studio system. The Paramount case is discussed, and block booking explained.

CHAPTER 7: SIMPP Reactivates the Paramount Case SIMPP wages a national campaign to rally public support against the major studios and bring pressure on the antitrust division of the U.S. government. In dramatic fashion the producers stage a showdown against studio-owned theater chains.