A night at the opera : dialogue continuity of a screenplay, 1935 March 15.

Record ID: 
93473
Accession number: 
MA 22051
Author: 
Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961, screenwriter.
Credit: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description: 
1 item (133 pages), bound ; 28 x 21.5 cm
Notes: 

Title from printed slip on cover sheet.
Typed at bottom of front sheet: "George S. Kaufman / Morrie Ryskind / Feb. 20, 1935 / [in blue] MAR 15 1935."
Typed on printed slip on cover sheet: "No. [in blue stamp] 54544 / "A Night at the Opera / Dia. Cont. from Kaufamn and Ryskind / Feb. 20 1935."
Written in unknown hand in pencil on printed slip and top right hand corner of cover sheet: "#859"; "File Copy" and "Vault Copy" struck out in pencil.

Summary: 

Dialogue continuity for "A night at the opera" starring the Marx brothers with the original opening of the Marx brothers roaring and taking the place of MGM's Leo the Lion.

Housed in: 
Black cloth clamshell box (30 cm)
Binding: 
Light blue sheets stamped with "File Copy" in purple ink four times; "Vault Copy" stamped in blue; "Temporary Complete" stamped in blue; "2103" stamped in blue in top right hand corner; with printed slip from the Script Dept. of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation, Culver City, California, affixed to front, with 2 brass fasteners.
Provenance: 
Carter Burden.