Alexander's Ragtime Band (Screenplay for the 1938 film, later reproduction) by King, Henry (director); Kathryn Scola, Lamar Trotti, Richard Sherman (screenwriters); Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman (starring) - 1938

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938. Draft script for the 1938 film. Internal reproduction made by Twentieth Century-Fox circa 1970s, with the studio's STORY FILES rubber stamp on the front wrapper. Named for Irving Berlin's 1911 hit, this film is the story of a young who shames his family by pursuing a career in jazz rather than "serious" music. The film retells the history of jazz music from its start to the rise of ragtime, to the acceptance of swing music as its own art form. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for an additional five. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1938, with credits for composer Irving Berlin, director Henry King, producer Harry Joe Brown, and screenwriters Kathryn Scola, Lamar Trotti, and Richard Sherman. 174 leaves, with last page of text numbered 172. Mimeograph. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Hirschhorn p.152.