He wrote a play about a movie actor who wants to escape the corruption of Hollywood entitled The Big Knife.
He wrote a play about a movie actor who wants to escape the corruption of Hollywood entitled The Big Knife. Another play about actors concerns an alcoholic actor who attempts a stage comeback, The Country Girl. After the failure of Paradise Lost, he received a scriptwriting contract, penning the screenplays for such films as Humoresque, and None But the Lonely Heart. His final play was an adaptation of the story of Noah, The Flowering Peach, but he could never match the success of his early proletarian work, like Awake and Sing. For 10 points - identify this dramatist of Golden Boy and Waiting for Lefty.
He wrote a play about a movie actor who wants to escape the corruption of Hollywood entitled The Big Knife.
Clifford Odets