FIREZINE #4: Men In Hats

Treatment for a screenplay by

Philip Austin
&
David Ossman

HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA, 1947

THE CHARACTERS

RICHARD HOLLYWOOD:
America's favorite Private Dick. The real item.
ED EDMUNDS:
A fat man who plays the role of Richard Hollywood, Private Dick in the popular radio show of the same name.
RANDY RAZOUX:
The rising young Movie Star signed to play the pat of Richard Hollywood, Private Eye, Para-Noyde Studios Production of the same name.
LEM POTZO:
The writer of the ever-popular Richard Hollywood detective novels. A pasty, wispy man with watery eyes. He wears gloves at all times because of a strange disease.
MRS. DINGE:
The wealthy Malibu widow.
WILHELMINA DINGE:
Her unpredictable daughter.
FATHER FATTE:
The radio preacher whose Gas/Radio Station sits illegally on the illegal Highway that was forced across the Dinge estate by the California Dept. of Highways.
AL WATANABEE:
A gardener.
AVIATRIX SIMPLE McGOG:
The most beloved woman in America and leader of the Air Crusade, a Southern CA Spiritualist movement.
HARRY NOYDE:
The hard driving but soft-hearted head of Para-Noyde Pictures, producers of 'B' movies extraordinaire.
LT. ERNIE BLANC:
"It's pronounced Blank!" says this ultra-tough detective from the LAPD.
JIMMIE CLICKER:
Syndicated Radio Gossip Columnist based in Hollywood.