Act One

Aspiring playwright Moss Hart (George Hamilton) meets his future collaborator, the already established George S. Kaufman (Jason Robards Jr.) on the phone, not realizing he’s been set up by rival producer Stone, later meeting their mutual agent Siegel (Joseph Leon), in the bio-pic Act One, 1963.

Writer, producer and director Dore Schary enjoying an extended piece of context-setting via radio news, introducing George Hamilton as his central character, will-be playwright Moss Hart, in the 1963 bio-pic based on Hart’s memoir, Act One.

George Hamilton as future playwright Moss Hart meets his New York buddies, George Segal, David Doyle, Bert Convy as actor Archie Leach (who will become Cary Grant) and Jonathan Lippe (later Goldsmith, the “Most Interesting Man In The World,” from the beer commercials) as Teddy, in the bio-pic Act One, 1963.

Made to wait for days, to see Broadway producer Warren Stone (Eli Wallach), who has agreed to read his comedy, Moss Hart (George Hamilton) finally gets in, and gets more than he wants, in 1929 New York, in Dore Schary’s film from Hart’s memoir, Act One, 1963.

George Hamilton stars in the true story of playwright Moss Hart who conquered Broadway and Hollywood in Act One (1963).