harry kurnitz play (3 risultati)

First Draft script for the 1964 film. Based on Harry Kurnitz's 1961 American stage adaptation of Marcel Achard's 1960 French play "L'Idiote." One of the funniest films of the 1960s, and the defining installment in the well-loved Pink Panther series. While "A Shot in the Dark" was ably preceded by "The Pink Panther" in 1963, it was the first film to feature the series' underrated maestro: Herbert Lom as Chief Inspector Dreyfus (foil to Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau), and the first to truly define the style of the side-splitting installments that would follow. The only script for this film we have ever handled. Fuchsia wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated 14th October 1963, noted as First Draft, with credit for director Blake Edwards. 173 leaves, with last page of text numbered 170. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with several pink revision pages dated October 17, 1963. Pages about Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two silver brads, with a worn title label affixed to the binding.

Draft script for the 1949 film, seen here under the working title "Happy Times." Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine and in manuscript pencil on the title page. Six reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script leaves. 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). Loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's 1836 play, about a group of corrupt officials in a small town who become convinced that a buffoonish itinerant is actually an investigator in disguise, come to inquire into their tax fraud. Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present, dated 8/7/48, with credits for screenwriters Harry Kurnitz and Phil Rapp. 144 leaves, with last page of text numbered 142. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8/10/48 and 10/13/48. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good, with spine moderately worn and front board starting.

Vintage US half sheet poster for the 1957 film. Based on the 1953 play by Agatha Christie, about the trial of a man accused of murder. Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director Best Actor for Charles Laughton and Best Supporting Actress for Elsa Lanchester. Set in London. 28 x 22 inches. Folded twice as issued, Near Fine. Penzler 101.