Pat Hobby's Secret
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.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Reader | Alfred Molina |
Director | Martin Jarvis |
Producer | Martin Jarvis |
Adaptor | Archie Scottney |
Author | F Scott Fitzgerald |
Broadcasts
- Tue 30 Aug 2011 15:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 20 Oct 2013 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 8 Jan 2016 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 8 Jan 2016 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra