Helen vinson is "charlotte", the star, playing a star, in this sixty three minute shortie from rko pictures. She's been a complete pain, so the producer (donald macbride) and director (alan mowbray) give her a script that they think is just awful. Helen (barbara read) is the playwright, and when the producers try to make changes, charlotte convinces helen to stop them from making any changes, per her contract. It's all okay. The only character we root for is helen. Everyone else is evil and scheming. And when we get to the end, we're not really sure what lesson we learned. Donald macbride was always yelling at people in the marx brothers films. Directed by frank woodruff. Story by howard green. Read died young at 45 by suicide. Married four times. The irony of read, playing a writer who writes a play about suicide.