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BABY DOLL (1956)
See THE LONG STAY CUT SHORT/OR/THE UNSATISFACTORY SUP-
PER and 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON
THE BACHELOR PARTY (1953)
Paddy Chayefsky
The Bachelor Party ( 1957)
Directed by Delbert Mann
Adapted by Paddy Chayefsky
Cast: Don Murray ( Charlie Samson), E. G. Marshall (Walter), Jack Warden
(Eddie), Philip Abbott (Arnold), Larry Blyden (Kenneth), Patricia Smith ( Helen
Samson), Carolyn Jones (the Existentialist), Nancy Marchand (Julie)
Length: 105 minutes

Chayefsky's teleplay, which takes place in low-income housing in Jersey
City, New Jersey, begins with Helen's telling Charlie that she is pregnant.
Because money is scarce, Charlie is unenthused. On the subway to work
he talks with coworker Kenneth about "missing something." That evening

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Publication Information: Book Title: Video Versions: Film Adaptations of Plays on Video. Contributors: Thomas L. Erskine - editor, James M. Welsh - editor, John C. Tibbetts - editor, Tony Williams - editor. Publisher: Greenwood Press. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 2000. Page Number: 19.
    
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