1941 · N.p.
by Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft, Eve Arden (starring); Raoul Walsh (director); Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1941. Draft script for the 1941 film. Presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages.
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).
A road crew worker for a Los Angeles power company is injured on the job, and becomes foreman as a result. The situation grows complicated when he and another worker on the crew fall for the same woman.
Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, undated, with credits for director Raoul Walsh and screenwriters Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald. 167 leaves, with last page of text numbered 148. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 3/21/41 and 5/15/41. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, front board slightly warped, and lightly worn on the leather. (Inventory #: 161353)
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).
A road crew worker for a Los Angeles power company is injured on the job, and becomes foreman as a result. The situation grows complicated when he and another worker on the crew fall for the same woman.
Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, undated, with credits for director Raoul Walsh and screenwriters Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald. 167 leaves, with last page of text numbered 148. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 3/21/41 and 5/15/41. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, front board slightly warped, and lightly worn on the leather. (Inventory #: 161353)