Louder, Please

Louder, Please
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. He wrote it while working as a press agent at Warner Bros.. The original production was directed by George Abbott and starred Lee Tracy; it was successful enough for Krasna to be hired as a writer for Columbia Pictures.[1]

References

  1. Patrick McGilligan, "Norman Krasna", Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age, California Press p 217
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