The Solid Gold Cadillac.

by Howard Teichmann and George S. Kaufman

According to Chapman in the New York News, "begins with the annual stockholders' meeting and election of officers of a colossal manufacturing empire called General Products. Some new officers (old ones being moved up a notch) must be elected because the president of the corporation has taken a big government post in Washington and has been forced to sell his stock at a profit of three million dollars. The election is going smoothly and the meeting is about over when a timid old lady who owns 10 shares asks if she can ask a question. She has read every page of the annual report and she wants to know why the chairman of the board is being paid $170,000 a year, and how many hours he works to earn this money She puts one mild query after another, and pretty soon the new officers hush her up by giving her a phony job at $150 a week." She is to be a kind of liaison officer for the other minority stockholders. She takes her job seriously and bedlam results.

Genres: Plays, Drama

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Charming and cute. Large cast with a big female lead role for a Judy Holliday-type, but not very many good parts otherwise. Dated but may be able to update a little. Includes one 2-page soliloquy with hand gestures. Maybe not funny enough in these "late-stage capitalism" times. May need a second opinion on this.

[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

🖊 Okay plot, but somewhat draggy.

⬛️ 1954 stage play version.
જ⁀🔵 Read the play script on Internet Archive.

🎥 1956 movie version with Judy Holliday.
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[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

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