CLOWNS ON THE GROUND: A Play in Two Acts (The Hollywood Legends) - Softcover

Druxman, Michael B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1096381486 ISBN 13: 9781096381488

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Chicago, 1962: A massive storm has hit the Windy City, grounding all aircraft.In the V.I.P. Lounge of the Chicago airport, legendary comedians MILTON BERLE, JOE E. BROWN and BERT LAHR are forced to linger together until the weather clears. Berle and Brown are on their way to California; slated to film their scenes in Stanley Kramer's comedy, IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, while Lahr has just finished a disastrous tryout of a new play in the Yukon.Now, as the trio waits, old resentments, personal frustrations and insecurities rise to the surface, making the job of the young airline attendant assigned to the lounge, who just happens to be an aspiring comedian, anything but peaceful.CLOWNS ON THE GROUND is a probing, often funny, look at three men who could always make us laugh, despite their own personal pain.4 Men; 1 Woman. Single Set.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael B. Druxman,author of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD: Fromthe Secret Files of HarryPennypacker, is a veteran Hollywoodscreenwriter whose credits includeCHEYENNE WARRIOR with Kelly Preston,DILLINGER AND CAPONE starringMartin Sheen and F. Murray Abraham, and THE DOORWAY with Roy Scheider,which he also directed.

He is also aprolific playwright. Amonghis many works is the one-person play, JOLSON, which has had numerousproductions around the country.

Additionally, he is the author of over a dozen other published books, includingseveral nonfiction worksabout Hollywood, its movies, and the people whomake them (e.g., BASILRATHBONE: His Life and His Films, and MAKE ITAGAIN, SAM: A Survey ofMovie Remakes), plus two novels, NOBODY DROWNS IN MINERAL LAKE and SHADOW WATCHER and a book of short stories, DRACULAMEETS JACK THERIPPER & Other Revisionist Histories.

His memoir, MY FORTY-FIVE YEARS IN HOLLYWOOD...AND HOW I ESCAPED ALIVE, was published in 2010.

Mr. Druxman resides in Austin, TX.

About this edition

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1096381486
• ISBN 13: 9781096381488
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72