“Or possibly his own ‘little black book’ (this was was brown, but you get the idea”
I’ve seen pictures of him with Hillary so possibly it was the Little Red Book camouflaged with a black cover.
The popular myth is that Elia Kazan became a Hollywood pariah after “naming names.” Nothing could be further from the truth. He later wrote a number of books some of which were turned into movies. Appears the deal was he would take the rap for others and they helped him stay afloat.
Kazan, Elia (1962). America America. New York: Popular Library. OCLC 21378773.
Kazan, Elia (1967). The Arrangement: A Novel. New York: Stein and Day. OCLC 36500300.
Kazan, Elia (1972). The Assassins. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-221035-5.
Ciment, Michel (1974). Kazan on Kazan. Viking.. Originally published 1973 by Secker and Warburg, London.
Kazan, Elia (1975). The Understudy. New York: Stein and Day. OCLC 9666336.
Kazan, Elia (1977). A Kazan Reader. New York: Stein and Day. ISBN 0-8128-2193-9.
Kazan, Elia (1978). Acts of Love. New York: Warner. ISBN 0-446-85553-7.
Kazan, Elia (1982). The Anatolian. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-52560-4.
Kazan, Elia (1988). Elia Kazan: A Life. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-55953-3.
Kazan, Elia (1994). Beyond the Aegean. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-679-42565-9.
Kazan, Elia; Young, Jeff (1999). The Master Director Discusses His Films. New York: Newmarket Press. ISBN 1-55704-338-8.
Schickel, Richard (2005). Elia Kazan. New York: Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-019579-3.
Kazan, Elia (2009). Kazan on Directing. New York: Knopf.