The Front Page, Paperback

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Comedy / Characters: 17 males, 5 females Set Requirements: Interior An irresistible comedy with thrills and derring do set in the news room. Hildy wants to break away from journalism and go on a belated honeymoon. There is a jailbreak and into Hildy's hands falls the escapee as hostage. He conceals his prize in a rolltop desk and phones his scoop to his managing editor. Their job is to prevent other reporters and the sheriff from opening the desk and finding their story. Some hoods are enlisted to remove the desk, but they get mixed up with a Boy Scout troop and the mayor and a cleaning woman, among others. It's a whirlwind wrap up with Hildy finally making his breakaway, but the cynical managing editor has him arrested before he leaves town for having stolen a watch he planted on Hildy. ""Gorgeously melodramatic. One of the funniest and most exciting of American plays."" N. Y. Times. ""Fast, explosive, funny."" ABC TV.

Despre autor

Ben Hecht

scenarist american · 1894–1964

Ben Hecht a fost unul dintre cei mai de succes și mai populari scenariști clasici de la Hollywood. A fost primul scenarist care a primit Premiul Oscar pentru cea mai bună poveste originală pentru scenariul filmului Underworld (1927). Mulți ani a menținut relații de prietenie și a cooperat cu "pilonii" Hollywoodului: David Selznick, Sam Goldwyn, Howard Hawks și Alfred Hitchcock.