Louder, Please

Louder, Please
Written by	Norman Krasna
Date premiered	12 November 1931
Place premiered	New York
Original language	English
Subject	comedy
Setting	Publicity Offices of Criterion Pictures, Hollywood

Louder, Please is a play by Norman Krasna, the first of Krasna's plays to be produced on Broadway. It was heavily influenced by The Front Page. He wrote it while working as a press agent at Warner Bros.. The original production was directed by George Abbott and starred Lee Tracy; it was successful enough for Krasna to be hired as a writer for Columbia Pictures.^[1]

References

↑ Patrick McGilligan, "Norman Krasna", Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age, California Press p 217

External links

Louder, Please at the Internet Broadway Database
Louder, Please at Playbill

Works by Norman Krasna

Plays	Louder, Please (1932) Small Miracle (1934) The Man with Blond Hair (1941) Dear Ruth (1945) John Loves Mary (1947) Time for Elizabeth (1949) Kind Sir (1954) Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? (1958) Sunday in New York (1962) Love in E-Flat (1967) Watch the Birdie! (1969) Bunny (1970) We Interrupt This Program... (1975)

Films	Hollywood Speaks (1932) That's My Boy (1932) So This Is Africa (1933) Parole Girl (1933) Love, Honor, and Oh Baby! (1933) Bombshell (1933) Meet the Baron (1933) The Richest Girl in the World (1934) Romance in Manhattan (1935) Hands Across the Table (1935) Four Hours to Kill! (1935) Wife vs. Secretary (1936) Fury (1936) The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) As Good as Married (1937) Big City (1937) (also producer) The First Hundred Years (1938) (also producer) You and Me (1938) Bachelor Mother (1939) It's a Date (1940) The Flame of New Orleans (1941) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) It Started with Eve (1941) Princess O'Rourke (1943) (also director) Bride by Mistake (1944) (original story) Practically Yours (1944) The Big Hangover (1950) (also director) Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) Behave Yourself! (1951) (producer only) The Blue Veil (1951) (producer only) Clash by Night (1952) (producer only) The Lusty Men (1952) (producer only) White Christmas (1954) Bundle of Joy (1956) The Ambassador's Daughter (1956) (also director) Indiscreet (1958) Let's Make Love (1960) Who Was That Lady? (1960) My Geisha (1962) Sunday in New York (1963) I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)

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