Picnic (Original screenplay for the 1955 film, presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald)
by William Holden, Kim Novak (starring); Joshua Logan (director); Daniel Taradash (screenwriter); William Inge (playwright)
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About This Item
N.p.: N.p., 1955. Revised Final Draft script for the 1955 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine.
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).
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1953 play by William Inge, set over the course of Labor Day in a small town in rural Kansas in 1955. Nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two.
Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated May 2, 1955, noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT, with credit for screenwriter Daniel Taradash. 162 leaves, with last page of text numbered 159. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue and yellow revision pages throughout, dated variously between May 9 and May 13, 1959. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, with faint foxing 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).
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1953 play by William Inge, set over the course of Labor Day in a small town in rural Kansas in 1955. Nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two.
Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated May 2, 1955, noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT, with credit for screenwriter Daniel Taradash. 162 leaves, with last page of text numbered 159. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue and yellow revision pages throughout, dated variously between May 9 and May 13, 1959. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, with faint foxing on the front board.
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- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Picnic (Original screenplay for the 1955 film, presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald)
- Author
- William Holden, Kim Novak (starring); Joshua Logan (director); Daniel Taradash (screenwriter); William Inge (playwright)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Film Scripts | 1950s Cinema | Romance | Presentation Scripts | Films Based on Plays
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