Paper Roses (1971)

8.0/10 • 52 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Bill Maynard

Clarence Hubbard

Donald Gee

Aimée Delamain

Mrs Hubbard

Joe Gladwin

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