▁For eman ▁dropped ▁out ▁of ▁law ▁school ▁and ▁worked ▁ ▁as ▁a ▁newspaper ▁rep orter , ▁fiction ▁writer ▁( s elling ▁stories ▁to ▁Es quire ), ▁press ▁agent , ▁play ▁director ▁and ▁car n ival ▁b ark er . ▁" I ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁college ▁trained ▁b ark ers ▁in ▁the ▁business ," ▁he ▁said . ▁ ▁For eman ▁returned ▁to ▁Hollywood ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 . ▁He ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁story ▁anal yst ▁for ▁several ▁stud ios ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁film ▁labor atory ▁techn ician , ▁while ▁continu ing ▁to ▁write . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 2 . ▁" The ▁idea ▁was ▁just ▁in ▁the ▁air ," ▁he ▁later ▁said . ▁ ▁Mon ogram ▁Pictures ▁He ▁won ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁for ▁a ▁screen writing ▁course ▁where ▁his ▁teacher ▁was ▁D ore ▁Sch ary . ▁ ▁He ▁later ▁gave ▁credit ▁to ▁Michael ▁Bl ank fort ▁for ▁ment oring ▁him . ▁ ▁For eman ' s ▁first ▁screen ▁credit ▁was ▁for ▁producer ▁Sam ▁K atz man ▁at ▁Mon ogram ▁Pictures , ▁Bow ery ▁Bl itz krie g ▁( 1 9 4 1 ), ▁st arring ▁the ▁East ▁Side ▁K ids . ▁▁ ▁For eman ▁then ▁provided ▁the ▁original ▁story ▁( for ▁$ 2 5 ) ▁and ▁wrote ▁a ▁script ▁( for ▁$ 2 0 0 ) ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁East ▁Side ▁K ids ▁film , ▁Spo oks ▁Run ▁Wild ▁( 1 9 4 1