Paper Roses

Paper Roses (1971)

DramaTV Movie

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.

Director: Barry Davis

Casts

	Bill Maynard as Clarence Hubbard
	Donald Gee as John Chart
	Aimée Delamain as Mrs Hubbard
	John Carson as Joe
	Dudley Jones as The Critic
	Desmond Perry as Harold Bladdy
	Joe Gladwin as Messenger

Crew