Is this based on a book or a play?
And is there really a book with this name? I assume there is not.
Velvet Voice
Yes, it really was a book, according to Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Succeed_in_Business_Without_Really_Trying_%28book%29
Since it was a book first,it's based on it,but has some things in the movie based on the musical.
shareThe movie is based very closely on the Broadway musical. The Broadway musical is based very loosely on the book. The story was entirely created for the musical.
shareThe original book is very much like it is in the movie, a tongue in cheek how to, with no story line. The musical fleshed out the story that the movie is based on.
shareI bought the book back then. Years later I had a hard time finding a beat up paperback. Some of the advice was actually useful but since then changes have caught up with it.
I remember one bit in the book was a secretary that would cover for her boss being late. She would set a cup of coffee on his desk and leave a cigarette burning in an ashtray. People would think he was somewhere else in the building. Probably reading the newspaper in the toilet.
I don't know everything. Neither does anyone else
I just bought the Kindle version can't wait to start reading it. Saw the movie on TCM this morning and I thought it was great.
shareI had it on my VDR timer, sadly they started it with the 2nd or 3rd lever of the cast plus the ending at the White House was missing.
See some stars here
http://www.vbphoto.biz/