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4 Extra Debut. 1940s Hollywood writer Pat Hobby has secret information about a film script idea. Read by Alfred Molina.

Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Adapted by Archie Scottney.

Alfred Molina reads F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant stories of late 1930s Hollywood, directed by Martin Jarvis. Since the advent of the talkies, hack screen writer Pat Hobby has fallen on hard times and hard liquor.

Now, desperately in need of a studio writing job, he pursues a drunken movie director and obtains some secret information about a crucial film script idea. Producer Banizon is prepared to buy the idea from Pat, because the knowledge could save his next movie. So can Pat Hobby, at last, hold the studio up to ransom before spilling the beans? Maybe. But death and desperation make things even more problematic than usual for Pat.

Producer/Director: Martin Jarvis
A Jarvis & Ayres Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 8 Jan 2016 21:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Alfred Molina
Director Martin Jarvis
Producer Martin Jarvis
Adaptor Archie Scottney
Author F Scott Fitzgerald

Broadcasts

  • Tue 30 Aug 2011 15:30
  • Sun 20 Oct 2013 00:30
  • Fri 8 Jan 2016 11:00
  • Fri 8 Jan 2016 21:00