(New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930); basis of 1931 film Bad Company The Beast of the City (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932); novelization of the screenplay by W.R. Burnett Our Will Rogers (New York: Greenberg, 1935) New York Confidential, The Lowdown on Its Bright Life (with co-author Lee Mortimer) (Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1948) Washington Confidential (with Mortimer) (New York: Crown Publishers, 1951) Chicago Confidential (with Mortimer) (New York: Crown Publishers, 1950) U.S.A. Confidential (with Mortimer) (New York: Crown Publishers, 1952) Notes References Lait, Jack and Lee Mortimer. Washington Confidential New York: Crown Publishers, 1951. External links 1954 deaths 1883 births 20th-century American novelists American columnists American male journalists American male novelists Writers from New York City 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state) 20th-century American non-fiction writers Variety (magazine) people