- Drama, Newspaper publishing, Journalists, American drama
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.
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Classical in form, plot-driven, resolved and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
- First published
- 1928
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher
- Cayme Press, French, Harper Audio
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9781575253107
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