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The Late George Apley (Original screenplay for the 1947 film, copy belonging to actress Peggy Cummins) by Ronald Colman, Peggy Cummins (starring); Joseph L. Mankiewicz (director); Philip Dunne (screenwriter); George S. Kaufman, John P. Marquand (playwright, novel) - 1946

by Ronald Colman, Peggy Cummins (starring); Joseph L. Mankiewicz (director); Philip Dunne (screenwriter); George S. Kaufman, John P. Marquand (playwright, novel)

The Late George Apley (Original screenplay for the 1947 film, copy belonging to actress Peggy Cummins) by Ronald Colman, Peggy Cummins (starring); Joseph L. Mankiewicz (director); Philip Dunne (screenwriter); George S. Kaufman, John P. Marquand (playwright, novel) - 1946

The Late George Apley (Original screenplay for the 1947 film, copy belonging to actress Peggy Cummins)

by Ronald Colman, Peggy Cummins (starring); Joseph L. Mankiewicz (director); Philip Dunne (screenwriter); George S. Kaufman, John P. Marquand (playwright, novel)

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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946. First Draft Continuity (pre-production) script for the 1947 film. Based on the 1944 play by George S. Kaufman and John P. Marquand, which was in turn adapted from Marquand's 1937 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Copy belonging to actress Peggy Cummins, with her signature in holograph pencil to the title page, her annotations throughout, and an unknown child's drawings present on some pages as well.

A wealthy, blue blooded Bostonian endeavors to forever shelter his two children, who have fallen in love with various non-Bostonians that meet with his disapproval. When his close-mindedness causes him to overstep his bounds with his peers he must reevaluate his outlook.

Orange titled wrappers, noted as FIRST DRAFT CONTINUITY on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 106. Distribution page present, with receipt removed. Title page present, dated January 4, 1946, noted as 1st Draft Continuity, with credits for playwrights Marquand and Kaufman and screenwriter Dunne. 148 leaves, mimeograph duplication. Pages Very Good, wrapper Very Good bound internally with two gold brads.
  • Seller Royal Books, Inc. US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Twentieth Century-Fox
  • Place of Publication Los Angeles
  • Date Published 1946
  • Keywords Film Scripts | Comedy | Films with Literary Sources | Romance | Pulitzer Prize | Films Based on Plays | 1940s Cinema