Who wrote the article that was the basis for the 1977 American musical drama film directed by John Badham?
Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night" was the title of a 1976 "New York Magazine" article by British rock journalist Nik Cohn. It was the basis for the plot and characters in the movie "Saturday Night Fever".
Gladys Hall Gladys Hall (born April 26, 1891, New York - d. Huntington, Long Island, September 18, 1977) was an American journalist. She wrote a syndicated column, "The Diary of a Professional Movie Fan," in the 1920s, and interviewed movie stars for such fan magazines as "Photoplay, Modern Screen," and "Screenland. ""The public,” she once said, “don't want their stars torn down, they want to believe in them, like Santa Claus.”