Growing up in 1930s America Sidney knew what it was to struggle to get by. Millions were out of work and the Sheldons travelled America in search of employment. Grabbing every chance he could, Sidney worked as a bus-boy, a clerk, an usher, but dreamt of being so much more - a writer, and what's more, a writer in Hollywood.

By a stroke of luck, he found work as a reader for a top Hollywood producer. Then, writing through the nights, he slowly built a reputation and found himself in demand. ……