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According to [[Ben Maddow]], Yordan based the script on "this B-girl that he knew from a Chicago bar whom he was tremendously in love with... The only person he ever expressed any tenderness for." He said Yordan optioned the play to Sidney Harmon who had produced ''Men in White'' and he found a black theatre group willing to do the play.[{{cite book|chapter=Ben Maddow: The Invisible Man|first=Pat|last= McGilligan|editor-first=Pat|editor-last=McGilligan|title=Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s|publisher= University of California Press|year=1991|url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0z09n7m0&chunk.id=d0e8732&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e8732&brand=ucpress|page=180}}] |
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According to [[Ben Maddow]], Yordan based the script on "this B-girl that he knew from a Chicago bar whom he was tremendously in love with... The only person he ever expressed any tenderness for." He said Yordan optioned the play to Sidney Harmon who had produced ''Men in White'' and he found a black theatre group willing to do the play.[{{cite book|chapter=Ben Maddow: The Invisible Man|first=Pat|last= McGilligan|editor-first=Pat|editor-last=McGilligan|title=Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s|publisher= University of California Press|year=1991|url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0z09n7m0&chunk.id=d0e8732&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e8732&brand=ucpress|page=180}}] |