Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film) his beliefs. Eventually, Jonathan himself ends up becoming a mentor for other seagulls who are suffering the same fates in their own flocks as he once did. Director Hall Bartlett first read the book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" in a San Fernando Valley barbershop when he impulsively decided to call the publisher, Macmillan, and then author Richard Bach, to buy the film rights. Bartlett suggested that the story needed to be told simply, without animation or actors, and acquired the property for $100,000 and fifty percent of the profits. He granted Bach final approval rights on the film and all advertising
Arthur Livingston Pirandello, Giuseppe Prezzolini, and Guido da Verona. In 1926 Livingston returned to academia, becoming Professor of Romance Languages at Columbia University in 1935. Livingston was strongly opposed to fascism and was in correspondence with a number of anti-fascist intellectuals in Italy, like Laura de Bosis. His political position created difficulties for him at Columbia University. Arthur Livingston had a notable liaison with the actress Eleonora Duse. As a scholar, Livingston was the author of two book-length studies of Gian Francesco Busenello. He was better known for his superb translations, which are sometimes said to be more readable than the originals.