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Out to Win (play)

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Out to Win is a 1921 British melodramatic play written by Roland Pertwee and Dion Clayton Calthrop. It portrays two rival business empires competing for a chemical concession in a foreign country and resorting to violence to achieve their ends.[1]

Adaptation

In 1923 the play was turned into a silent film Out to Win directed by Denison Clift and starring Catherine Calvert and Clive Brook.

References

  1. ^ Kabatchnik p.82

Bibliography

  • Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection. Scarecrow Press, 2010.