Peter cook dudley moore screenwriters (2 risultati)

Early Draft script for the 1965 British comedy film. Based on the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. In 1818, the parents of 20 boys establish a tontine, a fund to go to the last surviving boy. It is now 1882 and only 2 elderly brothers are left, Joseph (Ralph Richardson), protected by his nephews (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) determined to keep him alive, and Masterman (John Mills) in ill health and poverty, protected by his perpetually confused grandson (Michael Caine). Shot on location in Surrey, England. Yellow untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, dated May 21, 1965, with credits for screenwriters Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove. 127 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two flat metal brads. …

Vintage borderless satin finish oversize reference photograph from the 1967 film. Provenance stamps and annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. A comic retelling of the Faust legend, set in Swinging London, in which an unhappy man working as a short order cook makes a deal with the devil in exchange for seven wishes, and is given advice along the way by the Seven Deadly Sins. Basis for the 2000 American remake, starring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley. Shot on location in England. 12 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus.…