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Poster. Condizione: Good. Crease folds. Edge nicks, tears & edge stains. Else good. Measures 40 x 30 inches approx.

Shooting script for the 1958 British film. Annotation in manuscript ink of copy number "64" on front wrapper. Laid in are two loose pink revision pages and 36 bound pink revision pages. Based on the 1957 novel by Catherine Cookson. John Gregson, in a memorable performance, stars as Dublin trash collector James Ignatius Rooney, who competes as a Gaelic sportsman on the weekends. Set in and shot on location in Dublin, Ireland. Tall blue titled wrappers, noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated 13th August, 1957, with credits for author Catherine Cookson and screenwriter Patrick Kirwan. 113 leaves, with last page of text numbered 112. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with pink revision pages laid in, one undated, one dated 21.11.57 and 36 dated 2.9.57. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good with chipping, closed tears, and creasing at the extremities and spine, bound with prong binding. Loose revision pages Very Good plus, with toning and creasing at outer edge. Bound revision pages with some creasing to first leaf else Near Fine, bound with a single flat metal brad.

Draft script for the 1959 film, seen here under the working title "The Big Birthday." Copy belonging to producer Alec Snowden, with his name in manuscript ink on several leaves, and his extensive annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on virtually every page (and many page versos as well). Bound in before and after the script are approximately 50 production documents, including crew contact sheets, shooting schedules, post-production notes, and documents regarding soundtrack. Laid in with the script is a promotional booklet for Ireland-based production studio Ardmore Studios. Based on Hugh Leonard's 1956 play "The Big Birthday," about a BBC producer's troubled attempts to make a documentary about an Irish supercentenarian's upcoming birthday. Actor Barry Fitzgerald's final film. Set in Ireland. Housed in a tall blue spring binder. Lacking title page, presumably as issued. 96 leaves, with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with green revision pages throughout, dated variously between July 12, 1958, and July 30, 1958. Pages Near Fine, binder Very Good plus.