Louder, Please | |
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Written by | Norman Krasna |
Date premiered | 12 November 1931 |
Place premiered | New York |
Original language | English |
Subject | comedy |
Setting | Publicity Offices of Criterion Pictures, Hollywood |
Louder, Please is a play by Norman Krasna, the first of Krasna's plays to be produced on Broadway. It was heavily influenced by The Front Page and also Five Star Final . He wrote it while working as a press agent at Warner Bros. and many of the characters were rumored to be based on real people. [1] Krasna admitted the lead was based on publicity man Hubert Voight and other characters were based on Warners cameraman Buddy Longworth, Bernie Williams and Jack Warner. [2]
The original production was directed by George Abbott and starred Lee Tracy. [3] [4]
The New York Times said "the entertainment spurts out of the direction rather than the play. [5]
It was successful enough for Krasna to be hired as a writer for Columbia Pictures. [6] That studio bought the film rights by March 1932. [7] The film was never made. In March 1962 Edward Buzzell bought the film rights. Again it was not made. [8]
Publicity men fake the disappearance of a film star who is "lost at sea". [9]
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