I first saw Warren Beatty 42 years ago, commanding the stage in a short-lived (as they say) effort by William Inge, “A Loss of Roses.” Two years later, Elia Kazan — our greatest director of actors — ...

But Beatty dismissed the feedback. According to Yariv Milchan, Arnon’s son and a top Regency executive, Beatty argued that the test audience — which was 25% Latino and 19% Asian — was “too ethnic.” ...