HOW I MADE A HUNDRED MOVIES IN HOLLYWOOD AND NEVER LOST A DIME <i> by Roger Corman with Jim Jerome Random House: $18.95; 206 pp.) </i>

“Some of the best stories chronicle the early efforts of the host of famous film people who got their start under Corman’s tutelage: Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Ron Howard, John Sayles, Jack Nicholson . . .”