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The Barbarian and the Geisha [The Townsend Harris Story] (Original screenplay for the 1958 film)

The Barbarian and the Geisha [The Townsend Harris Story] (Original screenplay for the 1958 film)

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The Barbarian and the Geisha [The Townsend Harris Story] (Original screenplay for the 1958 film) - 1957

by John Huston (director); John Wayne, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe (starring); Charles Grayson, Nigel Balchin, James Edward Grant, Alfred Hayes (screenwriters)

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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957. Final script for the 1958 film, also seen here under the working title "The Townsend Harris Story."

A dramatization of the experiences of American diplomat Townsend Harris, sent to serve as the first US Consul General to Japan in 1856, during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Set and shot on location in Kyoto and Nara, Japan.

Tan titled wrappers, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 704 and production No. 2, dated October 23, 1957. Title page missing, possibly as issued. Approximately 120 leaves, with last page of text numbered 108. Multilith duplication, rectos only, with blue and pink revision pages throughout. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three gold brads.

Pagination available upon request.
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  • Title The Barbarian and the Geisha [The Townsend Harris Story] (Original screenplay for the 1958 film)
  • Author John Huston (director); John Wayne, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe (starring); Charles Grayson, Nigel Balchin, James Edward Grant, Alfred Hayes (screenwriters)
  • Publisher Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles
  • Date 1957
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 151804

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