PAUL MUNI: A One-Person Play in Two Acts

Paul Muni was the most respected actor of his day.Few people can forget a Muni performance: SCARFACE, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, BORDERTOWN, BLACK FURTY, THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR, for which he won an Oscar, THE GOOD EARTH, THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, JUAREZ and THE LAST ANGEY MAN are all cinema classics that remain vivid in the memories of most viewers.A product of the Yiddish Theatre, Muni was a very private man. Directors often found him difficult, as he insisted on developing his own characterizations without their help.Michael B. Druxman's one-person stage play, PAUL MUNI, joins the actor after he has had a major Broadway success (INHERIT THE WIND), as he decides whether he wants to do another film for Columbia Pictures' head, Harry Cohn, an executive who he has never gotten along with.1 actor; one simple set