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Broadway Gondolier (Original screenplay for the 1935 film, presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald)
by Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Joe Sawyer, Adolphe Menjou (starring); Lloyd Bacon (director); Warren Duff, Sig Herzig, Jerry Wald (screenwriters)
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About This Item
N.p.: N.p., 1935. Draft script for the 1935 film. Presentation copy belonging to uncredited screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board.
Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960).
An American taxi driver dreams of musical stardom, and decides to become a gondolier in Venice in order to pursue his goal.
Bound in full red leather, with gilt titles on the front board and spine. Distribution page present, dated 2/7/35 and noted as TEMP and copy No. 53, with receipt present. Title page integral with the distribution page. 149 leaves, with last page of text numbered 147. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages about Fine, binding Near Fine.
Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960).
An American taxi driver dreams of musical stardom, and decides to become a gondolier in Venice in order to pursue his goal.
Bound in full red leather, with gilt titles on the front board and spine. Distribution page present, dated 2/7/35 and noted as TEMP and copy No. 53, with receipt present. Title page integral with the distribution page. 149 leaves, with last page of text numbered 147. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages about Fine, binding Near Fine.
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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 161355
- Title
- Broadway Gondolier (Original screenplay for the 1935 film, presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald)
- Author
- Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Joe Sawyer, Adolphe Menjou (starring); Lloyd Bacon (director); Warren Duff, Sig Herzig, Jerry Wald (screenwriters)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Film Scripts | 1930s Cinema | Comedy | Musical | Romance | Presentation Scripts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Scripts; Comedy; 1930s Cinema; Musical; Presentation Scripts;
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We are an open shop located in the midtown section of Baltimore. Check our website for directions if you are coming through the Baltimore area. We are open 10AM-6PM EST, Monday through Friday. You may email an order at any time, 24 hours a day.
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