Record ID:
91266
Accession number:
MA 8695
Credit:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description:
1 item (148 pages), bound ; 28.4 x 21.7 cm
Notes:
Typescript for the screenplay for the 1941 film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, and based on Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel of the same name. The film stars Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. The film was released by Warner Bros. and premiered on October 3, 1941, in New York City.
Typed on title page: "Producer: Henry Blanke."
Front wrapper stamped "Final," "Important! / Return to / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. / Story Dept.," and "The Maltese Falcon."
Written in unknown hand on front wrapper: "Wallis" [i.e. Hal Wallis]; signed in ink on front wrapper by Dick [Richard] Widmark.
Housed in:
Red cloth drop-spine box (31 cm)
Binding:
Brad bound in green paper wrappers.
Provenance:
Dick Widmark; Carter Burden.
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