Another quiz

[sddsddean]

My Mum's village quiz this time. Stuck on 3. I have tried using google, yahoo, imdb, amazon and bol. My hopes now rest with the ABer's!! 1) Which singer was the subject of the short film 'Golden Boy' c.1962? 2)Author of the novel (not play), Children of a Lesser God? 3) Writer of 'For Children', a piano piece of music?

[Headtime]

Robert Miles wrote and charted with a song called 'Children' in 1996. It was a predominantly piano tune

[LeMarchand]

Could be wrong but Q1 might be Joe Bonaparte, however I could only find a synopsis for the original 1939 version of the film (itself based on a stage play). This has Joe as a violinist who wants - initially - to become a boxer. I suppose the remake could have made him a singer. However, the running time appears to be 2 hours, and expecting people to know about a West German TV movie seems a little tough!

[sddsddean]

Thanks all. DirtyEgg, I found Medoff as the author of the play, but is he the author of the novel as well?