ARNOLD Early to mid thirties. A bookkeeper who has just lost his job. He’s married to MABLE.
RUDY BELASCO Played by the same actor as ARNOLD. A one time screen idol before 1920. Now a drunk and reduced to acting in B-Movie serials.
LANYA LITTLE In her twenties. A tough, former New York show girl. Current female star of Sierra Studios. One time girl fiend of Rudy Belasco. She is also a singer at the PussyKat Klub.
SOL SIDNEY In his forties or fifties. Head of Sierra Studios. Also owner of the PussyKat Klub. A small-time L.A. gangster.
LOUIS THE LIP Mid 40s. A Chicago gangster from Chicago Charlie’s mob.
VINCE Louis’ bodyguard.
MABEL ARNOLD’S wife. A bleached blond with a loud, irritating voice.
VELMA Played by the same actress as MABEL. LOUIS’s girlfriend. A former New York chorus girl with a heavy New York accent. Also a bleached blond with a flapper hair style.
MANNY SOL’s bodyguard. He also fills in for roles in the studio’s movies and also MCs at the PussyKat Klub.
SARA Late 40s or 50s. A turn of the 20th century Broadway actress who is now reduced to playing character roles at Sierra Studios.
SLATE BOY The studio’s gaffer, electrician and general dog’s body. (Can be played by a woman.)
CINEMA MANAGER, OFFSTAGE VOICES