A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN by Ganz, Lowell, and Babaloo Mandel [screenwriters] - 1991

[Np: Columbia Pictures / Parkway Productions], 1991. [4],123 leaves, expanded by lettered inserts. Quarto. Photomechanically reproduced typescript, printed on rectos only of white and eight other colored stocks. Bradbound. Last several leaves show tidemarks along lower margins and gutters, with a trace of faint rippling (but no staining) continuing on into a few more leaves, two ink names (see below), else very good. A heavily revised "Final Shooting Script," with eight stages of substantial dated revises beyond that draft (i.e. a "rainbow" script). Ganze and Mandel's adaptation to the screen of a story by Kim Wilson and Kelly Candaele based on the experiences some of the players in the All-American Girls Baseball League during the years of WWII. Penny Marshall directed the highly successful film with an ensemble cast that included Tom Hanks, Gena Davis, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, David Strathaim, Tracy Reiner, Kelli Simpkins, and many others. This script bears the ownership signature of Les Lazarowitz, the production sound mixer, as well as his name in block print (a designation as part of script distribution, perhaps) and a few relevant annotations in the text. The script is accompanied by a black leather covered baseball, signed in gold ink by a number of cast and production members, including Tom Hanks, Madonna, Gena Davis, Penny Marshall, Rosie O'Donnell, Robin Knight, Tracy Reiner, Janet Jones Gretzky, Pepper Pairie (one of the original league players) and Neezer Tarleton. The baseball is attended by a handwritten and signed attestation by Les Lazarowitz about his obtaining the signatures during the film's production.