BIB_ID
91868
Accession number
MA 8700
Creator
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964, screenwriter.
Display Date
Hollywood, California?, 1957 March 7.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (169 pages), bound ; 27.5 x 21.4 cm
Notes
Typescript for the screenplay for the 1957 American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope drama film directed by Charles Vidor. The screenplay by Ben Hecht, based in part on a 1930 play by Laurence Stallings, was the second feature film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It was the last film produced by David O. Selznick.
Cover title: "Ernest Hemingway's / A Farewell to Arms / Screenplay By / Ben Hecht / Directed By / John Huston / Produced By / David O. Selznick / March 7, 1959 / Property of / The Selznick Co., Inc."
Front cover stamped with "Final Draft" and "4001.1B." Various notes are written on the front cover, including "10th Draft," "Shooting Script," and "No Revised Pages / PF Copy Has Rev. PP."
On first page: "Please return to / The Selznick Company, Inc." and "Script No. 9 / Date March 7, 1957."
The "Cast of Principal Characters" has many of the actors' names added in pencil.
John Huston was the original director of the film, but after some disagreements with Selznick and issues with timing during pre-production, Charles Vidor was brought on as director in March 1957.
Cover title: "Ernest Hemingway's / A Farewell to Arms / Screenplay By / Ben Hecht / Directed By / John Huston / Produced By / David O. Selznick / March 7, 1959 / Property of / The Selznick Co., Inc."
Front cover stamped with "Final Draft" and "4001.1B." Various notes are written on the front cover, including "10th Draft," "Shooting Script," and "No Revised Pages / PF Copy Has Rev. PP."
On first page: "Please return to / The Selznick Company, Inc." and "Script No. 9 / Date March 7, 1957."
The "Cast of Principal Characters" has many of the actors' names added in pencil.
John Huston was the original director of the film, but after some disagreements with Selznick and issues with timing during pre-production, Charles Vidor was brought on as director in March 1957.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Housed in
Black cloth drop-spine box (29.5 cm)
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