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Strictly Unconventional [The Circle] (Original screenplay for the 1930 film)

Strictly Unconventional [The Circle] (Original screenplay for the 1930 film)

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Strictly Unconventional [The Circle] (Original screenplay for the 1930 film)

by W. Somerset Maugham (play); David Burton (director); Sylvia Thalberg, Frank Butler (screenwriters); Frank Reicher, Clarence Wilson, Lewis Stone, Paul Cavanagh, Ernest Torrence (starring)

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Culver City, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1929. Draft script for the 1930 film, seen here under the working title "The Circle." Stamped "FILE COPY" on the front wrapper, and noted as "TALKING VERSION." Partial, unsigned distribution receipt laid in.

Based on the 1921 play by W. Somerset Maugham, about a young woman who decides to leave her dull, aristocratic husband behind for an elopement with a Canadian.

Cream titled Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer wrappers, dated Dec. 27, 1929, on the front wrapper, with credits for playwright Somerset Maugham (sic) and screenwriters Sylvia Thalberg and Frank Butler. 99 leaves, with last page of text numbered 96. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages about Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, moderately yapped and edgeworn, bound with two gold brads.

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Title
Strictly Unconventional [The Circle] (Original screenplay for the 1930 film)
Author
W. Somerset Maugham (play); David Burton (director); Sylvia Thalberg, Frank Butler (screenwriters); Frank Reicher, Clarence Wilson, Lewis Stone, Paul Cavanagh, Ernest Torrence (starring)
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
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Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM]
Place of Publication
Culver City, CA
Date Published
1929
Keywords
Film Scripts | Pre-Code Film | 1930s Cinema | Films with Literary Sources | Women Screenwriters
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Film Scripts; Films with Literary Sources; Women Screenwriters; 1930s Cinema; Pre-Code Film;

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