The Mystic (Original screenplay for the 1925 silent film) by Tod Browning (director, screenwriter); Waldemar Young (screenwriter); Aileen Pringle, Conway Tearle (starring) - 1925
by Tod Browning (director, screenwriter); Waldemar Young (screenwriter); Aileen Pringle, Conway Tearle (starring)
The Mystic (Original screenplay for the 1925 silent film)
by Tod Browning (director, screenwriter); Waldemar Young (screenwriter); Aileen Pringle, Conway Tearle (starring)
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Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1925. First Draft script for the 1925 film. A silent classic recently released in a restored version for the first time by the Criterion Collection.
A roguish Eastern European woman is hired to help con a young heiress out of her wealth by holding fake seances with the heiress' long-dead father. Director Tod Browning was best known for his controversial masterpiece "Freaks" (1932), a quintessential film from both the perspective of horror and pre-Code film history, revered by 20th century surrealists, and given homage by Luis Bunuel in his film "Viridiana" (1961).
Beige titled wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 1 and production No. 1520, dated 3/28/25. Title page integral with the first page of text, dated March 28, 1925, noted as First Draft of continuity, with credits for screenwriter Waldemar Young. Approximately 120 leaves, without page numbers. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good, bound with two gold brads.
Criterion Collection 1194.
A roguish Eastern European woman is hired to help con a young heiress out of her wealth by holding fake seances with the heiress' long-dead father. Director Tod Browning was best known for his controversial masterpiece "Freaks" (1932), a quintessential film from both the perspective of horror and pre-Code film history, revered by 20th century surrealists, and given homage by Luis Bunuel in his film "Viridiana" (1961).
Beige titled wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 1 and production No. 1520, dated 3/28/25. Title page integral with the first page of text, dated March 28, 1925, noted as First Draft of continuity, with credits for screenwriter Waldemar Young. Approximately 120 leaves, without page numbers. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good, bound with two gold brads.
Criterion Collection 1194.
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Seller
Royal Books, Inc.
(US)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Publisher Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM]
- Place of Publication Beverly Hills, CA
- Date Published 1925
- Keywords Film Scripts | Silent Film | 1920s Cinema | Con Men, Grifters, and Hustlers | Pre-Code Film