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The other side of paradise; Film chronicles F. Scott Fitzgerald's final days.(Arts and Lifestyle)

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From: The Boston Herald
Date: 20020525
Author:Matson, Liz

"Last Call."

Tonight at 8 on Showtime.

3 stars (out of four)

Author F. Scott Fitzgerald was a poster boy for dysfunctional famous writers, dying young after leading a life of hard drinking and emotional instability.

"Last Call," a film premiering tonight at 8 on Showtime, looks at the last few months of Fitzgerald's life and his brief but close relationship with his secretary, Frances Kroll.

Fitzgerald was an overnight success with his first novel, "This Side of Paradise," published in 1920 when he was only 24. Best known for his novel "The Great Gatsby," ...

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