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Two for the Seesaw (Original screenplay for the 1962 film)
by Robert Wise (director); William Gibson (play); Isobel Lennart (screenwriter); Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Elisabeth Fraser (starring)
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About This Item
Hollywood: Mirisch, 1961. Draft script for the 1962 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their annotations in manuscript pencil on virtually every page, noting changes to dialogue and scene breaks.
Based on the 1958 Broadway play, about a troubled lawyer from Nebraska who moves to New York and falls in love with a free-spirited Greenwich Village dancer.
Set and shot on location in New York.
Yellow titled wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 118 on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated December 13, 1961, with credits for playwright William Gibson and screenwriter Isobel Lennart. 141 leaves, with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 1/9/62 and 1/11/62. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads. Housed in a custom red cloth slipcase.
Based on the 1958 Broadway play, about a troubled lawyer from Nebraska who moves to New York and falls in love with a free-spirited Greenwich Village dancer.
Set and shot on location in New York.
Yellow titled wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 118 on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated December 13, 1961, with credits for playwright William Gibson and screenwriter Isobel Lennart. 141 leaves, with last page of text numbered 140. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 1/9/62 and 1/11/62. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads. Housed in a custom red cloth slipcase.
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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 156764
- Title
- Two for the Seesaw (Original screenplay for the 1962 film)
- Author
- Robert Wise (director); William Gibson (play); Isobel Lennart (screenwriter); Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Elisabeth Fraser (starring)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Mirisch
- Place of Publication
- Hollywood
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Film Scripts | 1960s Cinema | Romance | Films Based on Plays | Women Screenwriters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Scripts; Women Screenwriters; 1960s Cinema;
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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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