Paper Roses

52 mins
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.

Bill Maynard

Clarence Hubbard

Donald Gee

John Chart

Aimée Delamain

Mrs Hubbard

Dudley Jones

The Critic

Desmond Perry

Harold Bladdy

Joe Gladwin

Messenger

Kenith Trodd

Producer

Barry Davis

Director

Alan Price

Art Designer

Ray Goode

Cinematography

Don Kelly

Editor

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