Room Service

by John Murray, Alan Boretz

A nimble-witted producer, living on credit with several actors in a Broadway hotel, is desperately in need of a good script. He finds one, and, by great good luck, he also finds an angel with $15,000. The play shows how, during a hectic few days, the producer plays hide-and-seek with the angel who wants to withdraw his financial support, manages to outwit creditors, and at the very last moments puts over his play in spite of the most ludicrous and unexpected obstacles.

Genres: Plays, Fiction

78 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

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John Murray was a playwright best known for writing the 1937 play Room Service with Allen Boretz.

Reviews

[Susan Molloy · Rating 5 out of 5]

🖊 Madcap fun. Interesting fact: RKO remade the film with Frank Sinatra and George Murphy, and retitling it, "Step Lively."

⬛️ 1937 stage play version written by Allen Boretz and John Murray.

જ⁀🔵Read the stage script on Internet Archive.

🎥 1938 movie version with The Marx Brothers, Ann Miller, Lucille Ball.
🎥 1944 movie version (as "Step Lively") with Frank Sinatra, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria DeHaven, George Murphy, Eugene Pallette.
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[Max · Rating 3 out of 5]

Passively amusing, but elicited no big laughs from me.