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Young Man with a Horn (Original screenplay for the 1950 film, presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald)
by Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael (starring); Michael Curtiz (director); Dorothy Baker (novel); Carol Foreman, Edmund H. North (screenwriters)
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About This Item
N.p.: N.p., 1950. Draft script for the 1950 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. Twelve reference photographs 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).
Based on the 1938 novel by Dorothy Baker, in turn loosely inspired by the life of famed jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. A young trumpet player finds himself caught in a love triangle between a talented singer and a beautiful but disturbed heiress.
Set and shot on location in Los Angeles and New York.
Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Carl Foreman and novelist Dorothy Baker. 158 leaves, with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7/9/49 and 8/25/49. Pages Near Fine, binding Good only, cloth lightly foxed, significant wear to the leather quarterbinding, though spine titles can still be read.
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).
Based on the 1938 novel by Dorothy Baker, in turn loosely inspired by the life of famed jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. A young trumpet player finds himself caught in a love triangle between a talented singer and a beautiful but disturbed heiress.
Set and shot on location in Los Angeles and New York.
Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Carl Foreman and novelist Dorothy Baker. 158 leaves, with last page of text numbered 141. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7/9/49 and 8/25/49. Pages Near Fine, binding Good only, cloth lightly foxed, significant wear to the leather quarterbinding, though spine titles can still be read.
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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 161272
- Title
- Young Man with a Horn (Original screenplay for the 1950 film, presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald)
- Author
- Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael (starring); Michael Curtiz (director); Dorothy Baker (novel); Carol Foreman, Edmund H. North (screenwriters)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Film Scripts | 1950s Cinema | Presentation Scripts | Jazz and Blues | Musicians | Films with Literary Sources | Producers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Scripts; Jazz and Blues; Films with Literary Sources; 1950s Cinema; Producers;
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We are an open shop located in the midtown section of Baltimore. Check our website for directions if you are coming through the Baltimore area. We are open 10AM-6PM EST, Monday through Friday. You may email an order at any time, 24 hours a day.
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