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Twenty Million Sweethearts [Hot Air] (Original screenplay for the 1934 film) by Ray Enright (director); Warren Duff, Harry Sauber (screenwriters); Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Pat O'Brien (starring) - 1933

by Ray Enright (director); Warren Duff, Harry Sauber (screenwriters); Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Pat O'Brien (starring)

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Twenty Million Sweethearts [Hot Air] (Original screenplay for the 1934 film) by Ray Enright (director); Warren Duff, Harry Sauber (screenwriters); Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Pat O'Brien (starring) - 1933

Twenty Million Sweethearts [Hot Air] (Original screenplay for the 1934 film)

by Ray Enright (director); Warren Duff, Harry Sauber (screenwriters); Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Pat O'Brien (starring)

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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1933. Final Draft script for the 1934 pre-Code film musical, here under the working title "Hot Air." Holograph annotations in pencil on front wrapper and throughout. Multiple leaves watermarked with the name of the mimeograph company "Waterfalls Mimeograph duplication."

A pre-Code musical comedy following a singing waiter on his rise to fame as a radio star, aided by his wife, whose own career in radio is flagging, and a dishonest agent. Ginger Rogers' performance as the waiter's wife was widely praised, and subsequently proved to be her breakthrough role.

Blue titled wrappers, with holograph notation in pencil marking the changed title, noted as FINAL on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 79. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated 12/20/33, with credits for screenwriters Warren Duff and Harry Sauber. 125 leaves, with last page of text numbered 121. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with some yapping and wear at the edges. Bound with two gold brads.

Hirschhorn, "The Hollywood Musical.
  • Seller Royal Books, Inc. US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
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  • Publisher Warner Brothers
  • Place of Publication Burbank, CA
  • Date Published 1933
  • Keywords Film Scripts | Pre-Code Film | 1930s Cinema | Musical | Comedy

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Twenty Million Sweethearts [Hot Air] (Original screenplay for the 1934 film, presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, inscribed by Dick Powell)

by Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Pat O'Brien (starring); Ray Enright (director); Warren Duff, Harry Sauber (screenwriters)

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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1933. Final script for the 1934 pre-Code film musical, seen here under the working title "Hot Air." Presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board. INSCRIBED to Wald by actor Dick Powell: "To Jerry Wald / Thanks for letting me work in your first story / I hope it's the beginning of a swell success for both of us / Very Kindest Regards / Dick Powell / 12/28/33." 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). A pre-Code comedy following a singing waiter on his rise to fame as a radio star, aided by his wife, whose own career in radio is flagging, and… Read More
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