In 1940 Lester Cowan, an independent film producer, bought F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story, ``Babylon Revisited and Other Stories'' for $80, which was a bargain. Fitzgerald thought his screenwriting days were over and with some hesitation accepted Cowan's offer to write the screenplay titled ``Cosmopolitan'' based on the short story. After finishing the screenplay, Scott was told by Cowan that _he_would not do the film unless Shirley Temple starred in the lead of the youngster Honoria. <sep>, Pronoun: he