Lonelyhearts

Lonelyhearts, also known as Miss Lonelyhearts, is a 1958 drama film directed by Vincent J. Donehue. It is based on the 1957 Broadway play by Howard Teichmann, which in turn is based on the 1933 novel Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West.

The story opens on a smalltown street. A man throws a bundle of papers onto the sidewalk from the back of a truck labeled Chronicle. Adam White Montgomery Clift is sitting in a bar when a woman Myrna Loy offers him a drink. He refuses, explaining that alcohol seems to be poisonous to him. After talking with her for a while, he learns she is married to William Shrike, EditorinChief of the Chronicle, where Adam is hoping to work. The editor shows up to meet his wife only to find her talking with Adam. When Shrike Robert Ryan asks how Adam found him, Adam explains I heard there was a bar where newspaper people hang out. I came here since it is the closest to the Chronicle, the only paper in town. Florence Shrike says Adam can write, and he deserves the chance to prove it. Shrike retorts OK, so write Adam hems and haws momentarily, but then delivers the following story The Chronicle is pleased to announce the addition of a new member to our staff. He met the Editor in Chief, who went so far as to insult his own wife in an effort to provoke the new staff member. Instead of punching the editor in the face, he accepted a position on the paper.Adam tells his girlfriend Justy Dolores Hart about his new job. He doesnt tell her about his father, a man named Lassiter, who is doingyears in prison for having murdered Adams mother and her lover. On his first day at the newspaper, Adam is astounded at being assigned the Miss Lonelyhearts advicetothelovelorn column. One of his colleagues, reporter Ned Gates, is disappointed, having wanted that column for himself, while another, Frank Goldsmith, openly mocks the readers who seek the columns heartfelt advice. ........

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