1.) How did directors like Arthur Penn and Sidney Lumet come over from television when the market was flooded with established directors in a time when television was competing with film?

-I think I am wrong about television and film competing.  I see two teams staring at each other, yelling like gangs in west side story.  Maybe the directors were seen as having the ability to be efficient and weren't as expensive as established film directors.

2.) How could one bad movie force Coppola to sell of his production company? 

-I don't understand how Coppola modeled his company after Corman's and then failed.  I don't understand how they could be similar if Corman made low-budget movies he allowed film students to direct, and Coppola produced movies like The Godfather. After producing such hits as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, wouldn't the company have established itself as a major contender.  Wouldn't he have the support of other major producers.

3.)  Did all films that wanted to be shown in theaters across America have to go through the ratings system?  Did some producers and directors protest the rating their films were given?  

-I don't know if directors and producers have any say after it had been submitted.  It must not have mattered if Midnight Cowboy that had an X rating won an academy award for best picture.