Paper Roses (1971)
Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than go quietly to tend roses in a garden, Hubbard begins a series of violent actions not unlike those described in tabloids, and this is heightened by inter cutting tabloid headlines between scenes. Throughout, there are occasional shots of a television critic who watches this very play as it unfolds, and he writes a negative review filled with cleverly phrased but bitter invective.
- Date of release
- 1971-06-13
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Barry Davis
Casting
- Bill Maynard — Clarence Hubbard
- Donald Gee — John Chart
- Aimée Delamain — Mrs Hubbard
- John Carson — Joe
- Dudley Jones — The Critic
- Desmond Perry — Harold Bladdy
- Joe Gladwin — Messenger
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