The Bible - Screenplay by Christopher Fry

New York: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966. Original 114 page shooting script in gold embossed maroon leatherette Studio Duplicating Service wrappers.In a career that spanned dramas, comedies, westerns, and even a musical, in The Bible, director John Huston tackled the classic Hollywood biblical epic in widescreen 70mm, and with ultimate financial and critical success. The screenplay by the noted English poet and playwright Christopher Fry had an uncredited re-write by Huston’s friend, Orson Welles. The film stars George C. Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, Richard (truncated) Harris, John Huston, Michael Parks, Franco Nero, Ulla Bergryd. Toshiro Mayuzumi was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Orson Welles acted for John Huston in Moby Dick, Roots of Heaven, The Kremlin Letter and Huston later returned the favor by becoming the lead actor in Welles’s The Other Side of the Wind. (Inventory #: 14961J)